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    Any experiences with the new AW17 2013 A15 BIOS?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Quark, May 17, 2018.

  1. Quark

    Quark Notebook Guru

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    Did anyone test it? any mod done?
     
    Quark, May 17, 2018
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  2. A-Gits

    A-Gits Notebook Enthusiast

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    Na, wont sacrifice 10% of my performance for the spectre/meltdown thingy...

    Gesendet von meinem SM-G935F mit Tapatalk
     
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  3. Reciever

    Reciever D! For Dragon!

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    Im of the same mindset, I will stay on v22 which offers the best performance for haswell
     
    Reciever, May 17, 2018
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    Is that the 1.4.4 version?
     
    Pureanger7, May 17, 2018
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    uugui shi Notebook Consultant

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    I have tried it on my AW17 (2013) and I could find no performance drops, everything is going as before.
     
    uugui shi, Jun 9, 2018
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    It's well documented, it varies between 5 to 11 percent pending the application in use
     
    Reciever, Jun 9, 2018
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