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    M17x r3 6970m HS

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by solitaire1982, Dec 26, 2014.

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    solitaire1982 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hellos,
    Here, a few days my 6970M is breaking down and needs to be part of the series of defective gpu as this:

    "This issue leads to a distortion of the images, the appearance of vertical lines on a white or blue background, or display a completely black screen"

    So I wanted to know if Alienware will take care of replacing these free gpu as does Apple?

    It gpu can you advise me to replace her, I r9 8970m or 290x that can do that may be because I do not think gtx 970m is compatible with my model.

    thank you ++
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Yeah forget Alienware replacing it for free.. Your best options are

    1. Getting a 680M/780M and really the 680M works with no issues... 780M you might have HDMI problems..
    2. Getting a AMD7970M which should work with minimal problems or getting a 8970M which works but it's a pain to find correct vBIOS...

    Best option IMO: Get a 680M/780M or whichever is cheaper...
     
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    Thank you, so I'll just have to put the bios days to install 7970M?

    I'm not certain compatibility with Nvidia gpu my model, I think the motherboard model I do support than ATI.

    thank you ++
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Ok, I just have a look at different website and forums to search ATI GPU, it is not easy to find compared to Nvidia.
    But I found GTX 770M 3GB not over 170 euro or GTX 870M for 100 more.

    To see which will be most compatible and installation as well.

    thank you
     
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    I've not heard of the 770M/870M working in the R3.... I know both work in the R4.. If you want an AMD GPU, I will be upgrading from the 7970M to the 970M and I have a Dell 7970M so it should work in yours.. I'm willing to sell if you can wait till end of next week...

    P.S: Send me a Private Message with your location in France so I can look at the postage etc..
     
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    ok, I can wait, it's not urgent.
    thank you
     
    solitaire1982, Dec 27, 2014
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    Where in France are you located btw? Need to dig out the shipping cost!
     
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    I live on Bordeaux
     
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    Sent you a message about GPU...
     
    TomJGX, Jan 1, 2015
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