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    Another "Is it a viable upgrade" question...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by imglidinhere, Jan 12, 2012.

  1. imglidinhere

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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    M17xR2 is either 1440x900 or 1920x1200 RGBLED.

    6970M or 6990M have been shown to work in the R2, unfortunately 580M SLI attempt was made and failed.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 12, 2012
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Buying the 19x12 RGBLED after the fact will be much more expensive and probably not even worth the upgrade costs. Your better off finding a system in the NBR Marketplace that already has the screen with it. More cost efficient.
     
    DR650SE, Jan 12, 2012
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    actually it's more of a pain to upgrade the LCD.
     
    xeroxide, Jan 12, 2012
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    I would love a pair of 6990s!!

    The only pain for me is finding somebody this side of the pond (uk) who actually sells them.
    Had no luck so far and I don't fancy the international shipping costs either.
     
    Mickbt26, Jan 12, 2012
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    6990s are sweet :D
     
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    I would not buy the laptop listed in that auction. You can buy one yourself straight from Dell with a 1200p monitor for $1200. Or you could buy one here on the forum. That laptop is one a reseller purchased from Delloutlet with a coupon and now they are marking it up. I bet they paid around $900 or less for it.

    Get one with 1200p, and then you don't have to worry about upgrading the monitor.

    Here is one with similar specs (&1200p) being sold by a respected NBR member, and it is only $1050. It is already sold, but you get the idea.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/not...6gb-ram-ddr3-1333mhz-80gb-ssd-vertex-2-a.html
     
    ValkerieFire, Jan 12, 2012
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