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    M17 R4 GTx680m to GTx880m difference ?? game help please

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by thegeneral85, Jun 4, 2014.

  1. thegeneral85

    thegeneral85 Newbie

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    Hello,

    Just purchased watch dogs and the game does not even run right on medium settings, also wolfenstein would not even launch for some reason i updated my graphics card paid close to 3k for the laptop and doesnt play the latest games. also was wondering is it worth upgrading to the gtx880? if so why is it not capatible with the m17x r4 dell support said they do not work together

    my computer specs

    Alienware M17xR4 A12

    2.70 gigahertz Intel Core i7-3740QM
    64 kilobyte primary memory cache
    256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
    6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
    64-bit ready
    Multi-core (4 total)
    Hyper-threaded (8 total)

    Display

    Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 [Display adapter]
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M [Display adapter]
    Generic PnP Monitor (17.1"vis)


    is it a big difference compared to the new m17?
     
    thegeneral85, Jun 4, 2014
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    Branzy1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    Branzy1987, Jun 5, 2014
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