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    what is currentlyy the most powerful gpu i can drop on a m17xr2?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ricard2798, Apr 15, 2014.

  1. ricard2798

    ricard2798 Notebook Consultant

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    I am currently sporting a 7970m (single config, since doing sli/xfire seems complicated with psu mods and stuff), but was wondering if there were any better upgrades out there?
     
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    I'm sure people are trying the top of the line 880M/870M into an R2. 780M should work but it isn't a huge step up from a 7970M.
     
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    the newer gen cards are pretty pricey.

    i would just take the gamble and go crossfire.
    if you can find a decent 7970m for a fair price of course.
     
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    If the 780M will work, the 880M should work as well, but both will require some tweaking and tampering to do so. The 880M is about 30% faster (on average) than the 7970M, and has 3x more VRAM. I think it's worth it to upgrade to that from the 7970M, if you can get one for a decent price.
     
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    780m has been already tested and reported as non working. 7970/680m looks like the last compatible choice. Today I've installed a single 7970m on mine. Couldn't be happier

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    7970m is the best you can get so far. It's not officially recommended but it's proven to work flawlessly.
     
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    Thanks for all the valuable info. I guess my last option would be to try xfire 7970... its just than I already experience thermal shutdowns (or power related, not sure) once in a while, so I am concerned that I wont be able to handle 2.... not to mention that the whole modification thing for the PSU seems way to complicated (I mean, I have 3 psu's, but all that soldering and stuff seems way over my head).

    well I guess its one 7970 for me... thanks all :)


     
    ricard2798, Apr 16, 2014
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