The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    m17x r1 gpu upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by moneymaddness, May 15, 2014.

  1. moneymaddness

    moneymaddness Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    29
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    6
    ok so my friend has a m17x r1 and tried to put a 765m in but couldnt get it to work anyy idea what went wrong or if he can even do it
     
    moneymaddness, May 15, 2014
    #1
  2. maxslo

    maxslo undefined

    Reputations:
    237
    Messages:
    918
    Likes Received:
    245
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Max gpu upgrade for R1 is 5870M Crossfire.
    Anything newer wont work...
     
    maxslo, May 15, 2014
    #2
  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

    Reputations:
    3,658
    Messages:
    6,874
    Likes Received:
    969
    Trophy Points:
    281
    True, unfortunately the R1 won't take anything beyond that.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, May 15, 2014
    #3