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    Upgrading my M17x R3 6970m to 7970m

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by lucas14.27, Nov 2, 2012.

  1. lucas14.27

    lucas14.27 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I would like to know what I need to do besides buy the 7970m and plug it in.
    Due to the fact that I have the 6970m it seems it should be easy.
    Also do y'all think it is worth it?

    I also saw on newegg that a 16gb (2x8gb) 1866mhz c10 corsair vengeance memory is out for $129.
    Finally a 1866 c10 8gb module is out.
     
    lucas14.27, Nov 2, 2012
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    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Is it worth it to upgrade to the 7970m? ABSOLUTELY! Here is a guide one of the senior forum users wrote. He really knows his stuff, so follow his instructions to a T and you should be right as rain. http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-mobility-7970-m17x-r3-illustrated-guide.html

    As for the RAM, get the upgrade. I have the 8GB package in my R2 and it runs smooth as butter. The price is OK. I got mine for less than $100 but it was half the amount of RAM.
     
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    lucas14.27 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok thanks, I hadn't seen it the post before. I also think the memory is quite cheap at $8 per gb for so fast ram
     
    lucas14.27, Nov 3, 2012
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