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    R3 60hz screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by betg1492, Aug 15, 2011.

  1. betg1492

    betg1492 Notebook Consultant

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    So I know this has been discussed before I just needed to ask some questions i used to have the RGB screen on my R2 well it crashed they gave me an R3 and i was reading on here that its such a downgrade.
    Well i received the laptop did not see much of a difference until today i went into starcraft two and wanted to cry all the colors were so dull and just ugly compared to what my RGB was producing.
    I have seen some calibration settings for AMD video cards using the CCC i have the 580M and was wondering if there was any way i could make it even the slightest bit better and not cry when i go into starcraft haha

    P.S. dell bring the RGB back =D
     
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    You could invest in a Spyder3Pro screen calibrator.
     
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    yea i was looking at that just did not know if there was a free alternative
     
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    you should have demanded a m18x so you would have dual cards D:
     
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    Dave3, Aug 15, 2011
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    Sorry Dave, but that's for AMD Cards, not nvidia. But don't worry about it.
     
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    yea i saw that post sadly did not help me much and they have me an upgraded video card and SSD for the screen so i said hey why not
     
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    You could use that thread about AMD cards as a baseline to see some off the settings that were changed and do a bit of your own trial and error.
     
    Jas71, Aug 15, 2011
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    How did you end up with an R3 from an R2??
     
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    was my 2ed R2 and i demanded a upgrade and i had the highest R2 so they gave me an R3 its a good bad deal i guess they were not going to give me an 18x they said so i said okay give me and R3 and told them the specs i wanted it to have and they haggled with me and i think i won out
     
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    as long as its a 256gb ssd, and i see you got the 580m(Very nice), so its not bad for a trade.

    I doubt xfire 5870's beat a 580m.
     
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    yep it was the 256 and yea i do miss my rgb screen and the overclocking 920XM
     
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    But on good news, you got a $600 gpu at the cost of the RGB screen T_T
     
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    yea but i guess the 2630QM is the same as the 920XM stock for stock
     
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    cept you can OC the xm series. you can't oc any of the sandy bridge as far as i've known. Except very miniscule amounts.
     
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    Oh sorry about that. My fault I didn't read the post in its entirety. You could always play around with everything. Try to follow the same idea maybe as I did (ie: increase and decrease same factors) and see what you can get. If it doesn't work out, you could always reset.
     
    Dave3, Aug 16, 2011
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