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    Alienware m17x r3 Graphic card option

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by siang_rd, Apr 8, 2011.

  1. siang_rd

    siang_rd Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi guys,

    I was wondering that is it possible to change my alienware m17x r3 gtx460m graphic card to a more powerfull graphic card in the future ? example gtx 485m ?

    Thanks for the response !
     
    siang_rd, Apr 8, 2011
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  2. Geoffxx

    Geoffxx Notebook Evangelist

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    there are 2x threads on this already

    sumary - yes it works but for some unknown reason won't support the internal lcd for 3D, everything else is good to go including external 3D support
     
    Geoffxx, Apr 8, 2011
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