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    support and better performance question?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by hanser, Mar 19, 2012.

  1. hanser

    hanser Notebook Consultant

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    i whant to know if the m17x R3 will support the new 600m Series the 675m (think is going to be the most powerfull of all the 600m...) and it will be more powerfull than 580m? i only whant to know that

    Thnx for Answering :)
     
    hanser, Mar 19, 2012
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    from what i've heard(and this is just speculation so it will prob be locked here soon :p ) is that the 675m will just be a rebadged 580m. The 680m is supposedly coming out in the fall sometime though I don't know how fast its gonna be. From what I understand yes, both of these cards will fit in an r3. :)
     
    bigtonyman, Mar 20, 2012
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  3. hc2995

    hc2995 Notebook Geek

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    Its looking that way. As far as i can tell from leaked specs (so nothing set in stone) the 580m and the 675m are almost identical. So it may not be worth while to jump on the 600 series just yet. Unless something crazy happens and the 675m is leaps and bounds over the 580m :p
     
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  4. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    675 is a definite rebadge. You can take a 580m and flash it into a 675 right now

    Rumor has it that the 680 will be running on the newer MXM 3c standard but will be backward compatible with our laptops.

    So physically it should work...whether or not it actually will work will remain to be seen
     
    SlickDude80, Mar 20, 2012
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