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    M17x r2 Bios and Vbios flash - do i need to ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by flingin, Sep 27, 2011.

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    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    My question is simple. I am on A07 bios and VBIOS from 2010/01/26
    GFX drivers 8.692.2

    So it is pretty old. but works nice.

    5870 asks for OC, so i want to flash it to 800/1100.

    Now. Loads of people have problems with flashing both bios and vbios at the same time, bsods etc.
    I want to do it properly so what i have to do first ?
    Flash bios first to A10 ? then new ati drivers and then vbios?

    Or i leave it as it is and just modify/flash the old Vbios to 800/1100?
    Is there any performance increase with combo A10+new Vbios on stock settings?

    stock vantage score is P8947 (cpu @24@4)
    3dmark 11 around P2100
     
    flingin, Sep 27, 2011
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