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    M17x R3 GPU Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by a2theziz, Jan 27, 2011.

  1. a2theziz

    a2theziz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Would a GTX 485 fit in this machine if I wanted to upgrade it manually?
     
    a2theziz, Jan 27, 2011
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Fit yes, will it actually work or stay cool? Who knows?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 27, 2011
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    There's a chance that this card will be available in the future for this system, so I recommend waiting and getting a card from Dell.

    Keep in mind the card is really expensive... and when it doesn't work because of a vBios issue it's wasted money.
     
    svl7, Jan 27, 2011
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  4. reaversedge

    reaversedge Notebook Evangelist

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    you can try to stack 485m in r3 and see what happens.
     
    reaversedge, Jan 27, 2011
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    This. Also, I'd recommend getting the 6970M instead when it comes out, since I'm sure it'll be cheaper and it should be within 10% of the 485M in most games.
     
    City Pig, Jan 27, 2011
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    kami1357, Feb 23, 2011
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    Nice work! I see you got it from MXM-Upgrade.com. Is the system stable and such and are you able to run games smoothly? What are you temperatures?

    They all (except ASUS) will probably use the same MXM board provided by AMD. It'll be the VBIOS that will be different.
     
    ichime, Feb 23, 2011
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  8. kami1357

    kami1357 Newbie

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    yep i played like 1h crysis warhead ultra settings, very smooth, and temperature max was 74°c (HWmonitor)

    the only thing strange is when i plug the HDMI out, in extended or clone mode no problem, but when i want to switch the screens, on my tv i see green artefacts, very strange, maybe a driver issue, no such thing with the integrated intel vga
     
    kami1357, Feb 23, 2011
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    Does the 6970m work with 3d?
     
    KillerBunny, Feb 23, 2011
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  10. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    No and i doubt it will ever do!
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 23, 2011
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  11. ichime

    ichime Notebook Elder

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    Could be a driver issue. Which driver are you using?

    Also, have you tried overclocking the card?
     
    ichime, Feb 23, 2011
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  12. kunekaden

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    Very nice! I even read it in French, haha. I don't often get the chance to flex my tri-lingualism
    EDIT: Did you get an engineering sample? AMD isn't officially shipping 6970M's for another week+
     
    kunekaden, Feb 23, 2011
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  13. ECKS

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    Subscribed for edumacacion.
     
    ECKS, Feb 24, 2011
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    Overclocking the card ?
    How ? It's not as simple as the gtx 460m with evga precision no?
     
    kami1357, Feb 24, 2011
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    MSI Afterburner.
     
    ECKS, Feb 24, 2011
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    ichime Notebook Elder

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    As Dookie said above, try MSI Afterburner. The link for it is below:

    Afterburner 2.1.0 download from Guru3D.com
     
    ichime, Feb 24, 2011
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    I went to MXM-Upgrade.com. It's strange how little (if any) the layout has changed from the 4870/5870/6970. Like you could use the heatsink from the 5870 on the 6970. Also, I thought the 6970M was supposed to beat CrossFire 5870s...?
     
    TurbodTalon, Feb 24, 2011
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    kami1357 Newbie

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    i use the official m17x r3 driver ( on the ressource dvd )
    Version du package du pilote 8.80.6-101202a-109902C-Dell
    Version de Catalyst 11.2
    Fournisseur ATI Technologies Inc.
    Version du pilote2D 8.01.01.1105
    Chemin du fichier du pilote2D /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0003
    Version Direct3D 8.14.10.0798
    Version de OpenGL 6.14.10.10358
    Version de Catalyst Control Center 2010.1202.1025.18640

    afterburner doesnt work !
     
    kami1357, Feb 24, 2011
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  19. kunekaden

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    afterburner will probably get an update in a few weeks then. Try EVEGA Precision
     
    kunekaden, Feb 24, 2011
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    evga doesnt work neither
     
    kami1357, Feb 24, 2011
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    faiz23 Macbook FTW

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    faiz23, Feb 24, 2011
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    Maybe laptopvideo2go might have some modded drivers for ya?
     
    ECKS, Feb 25, 2011
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