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    What is the best way to reduce or eliminate the throttling issues in the AW18

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Koonchao, Sep 9, 2015.

  1. Koonchao

    Koonchao Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's been more than a year since the throttling issues were uncovered on the AW18. I recently got one in like new state and after reading the thread on the Nvidia forum and seeing no real solution I would like to know if the situation was ever resolved and if not, what should I do to try and get as much performance as the machine is capable of producing without risking a meltdown or malfunction.
     
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    Scanner Notebook Deity

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    I've been using Prema vbios for a while and I get rock solid performance for my 980ms. He has a new vbios version 1.1.1. He has a website just google it.
     
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    I got 880m's in SLI. That coupled with the fan table issues I read about is what really concerned me. Will your suggestion work out for me?
     
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    Simply go to his website and see if he has vbios version for your 880ms
     
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