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    Help m17x r1

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Safwan Mulla, Mar 23, 2017.

  1. Safwan Mulla

    Safwan Mulla Newbie

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    Hi,
    I have just bought a used alienware m17x r1
    The specs are below
    "laptop Nvidia GTX 260 1Gb graphics cards Sli x fire and Ati 9400 HD graphics. Twin sata drive bays with 250Gb main drive (2nd bay empty).Screen has Tru Color HD screen display of 1920 x 1200. Comes with face recognition software and is reset to original factory defaults but updated to all latest Window updates. Intel QuadCore Q9000 2.0Ghz (very fast) , 4Gb DDR3 memory. 250Gb hard drive with all original Alienware software, Windows 7, Office Word & Excel starter, HDMI, WiFi, Webcam, DVD-Rw, Usb , "

    It was about £300 so I thought why not but then I did research and it find that I cant update to Windows 10 and the drivers aren't supported etc. I want to play leauge of legends, dota 2 ,minecrafthe, wow , style games not stuff like cod or racing or gta etc not console style games as I have a ps4.

    My question is will I be okay with the specs I have or should I return it ? Also is there anyway of bring that laptop fully up to date ? Drivers or tech wise ? I never mod laptops so I'm new to it all
     
    Safwan Mulla, Mar 23, 2017
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  2. Striker1234

    Striker1234 Notebook Consultant

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    Of course your computer is compatible with Windows 10!

    It does not have UEFI, but Windows 10 can handle BIOS without UEFI!

    So, just improve RAM to 8GB and an SSD and ready to go!
     
    Striker1234, Mar 24, 2017
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  3. Alienware-K_Castro

    Alienware-K_Castro Company Representative

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    The system should be able to run them but at a very low performance graphics-wise.
     
    Alienware-K_Castro, Mar 24, 2017
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