Area-51 m15x and Nvidia GTX 280M

yea I know lol I didn't who's laptop he was referring too. My asus gpu is a reverse mxm slot. It's not sodered to the mobo rofl.

 

Can I assume than that the M17x can rock two o these than??

 

theoretically, sure. practically, a probable yes.

 

i would expect yes and would do it nicely as far as cooling(allpowerful )

 

Only problem trying it a GTX 280M on a M17 is that you will have to find 2 GTX 280M's that is setup to use SLI. The one I purchased does not have a way to hook up 2 of them. I would think that they are available out there somewhere. I hope this helps. God Bless

 

It would be interesting to see if a single GTX 280M will work in a M17 I think it would. God Bless

 

not until SLI 280's come out

 

No that was with stock clocks when I ran the Crysis GPU loop 60 times in a row. I did run DMC4 Performance Test in DX10 mode again with 1440 x 900 and all settings in SUPER HIGH and CQ16X settings and it gave me a grade of 'B'. I hope this helps. God Bless

 

have you undervolted yet?

i am curious now if the bios in the m17 will recognize the 280

we can only fit 1 Nvidia card

 

I always knew you were a really smart guy JDELUNA Amazing job + rep.

 

Does that 280m gtx come with a heatsink that you bought from the RJTECH?

 

the heatsink won't fit the m15x. you have to use a heatsink for an 8800m-gtx or a 9800m-gt, which you don't have. if you're interested in one, i can sell you one.

 

Yes, I need one.

 

are you planning on doing the GTX 280M upgrad as well?

 

How would you like to work this out, ebay?

 

yes., I just bout it from the website

 

does the latest driver from nvidia work on it 185.81 or 185.51?

 

185.85 is the first Nvidia release to natively support the 200M series.

 

ok cool. In your screenshot one of two had pretty high temps on the video card and the other was pretty cool I think around 46f. Was the high temp a result of OCing the card?

 

i see. contact me via PM with your ideas about price and shipping.

 

I am planning to do it as well. My project is to get to GTX 280M on Alienware M17 and Alienware M15x.

 

I ordered mines this morning, now I'm so excited. I cant wait for it to arrive. I just hope it lives up to the exspectations.

 

the 280 was running hot even at stock clocks

 

For those people that are curious, I just added the temperatures after the M15X laptop / notebook has been sitting for about 30 minutes after first bootup. God Bless

 

thanks your helping alot of people

 

JDLUNEA,

Where did you post the info of the temps?

 

Look at my first post I added them there. I hope that helps. God Bless

 

hey JD, can you do attachments in place of inline shots?

 

Im planning on upgrading to the 260m gtx. Right now I have the 8600 gt, so I will need the 260m card and a heatsink for the 8800m-gtx or 9800m-gt GPU, am I correct?

 

exactly.

10char

 

Bad news if you have alienware M15x with the 8600 you might need a new Motherboard. But it depends on the Motherboard.

 

uhm, how can I see if I do or don't need a new motherboard?

 

i don't think you do.

 

I'll try to mail alienware.. Thanks for your concern atolsammeek

 

Fast answer from Alienware. There should be no difference with the motherboards.

 

That is excellent to know. You may need to upgrade your BIOS. Hope this helpss. God Bless

 

Gosh, it will take a week to come, hopefully everything will go well. I just got X9000 and the 1200p LCD. I am still giving a lot of hope on this GTX 280M in M17 and M15x.

 

I just got my tracking number for the 280m GTX, it should be here on Friday...

 

whooo

i would like to see results!!!

 

It will be pretty much about the same as JDELUNA. It seems, however, that the GTX 280M is running very hot when it's in gaming. Even with laptop cooler, it may not be enough to cool the card. Obviously there's no way to OC the card unless you are ok to take off the bottom cover.

 

Actually I have not used a laptop cooler yet. I plan on purchasing one, but do not know what would be the best one for the M15X. Any suggestions ??? God Bless

 

i use a zalman nc2000
i think whizzo does as well, but he also has tested other brands.

 

I think this cooler will be the deciding factor in stabalizing the temps during gaming..."Or at least i think so"...nevertheless, It was a good move forward trying this set up. and, opened up a can of worms

 

posted in dedicated thread.

 

Does the M15x have the same heatsink, regardless of whether it's equipped with an 8700M or 8800M? If it's different, you could have a serious problem.

 

I believe the 8700M GT has a different and smaller heatsink from the 8800M GTX. I hope this helps. God Bless

 

quite so. the 8700m-gt does not have the same heatsink as the 9800m-gt. much less copper, and thinner too. you will need the bigger heatsink if you want to run a GTX 280M within frying your laptop.

 

Oops, I quoted the wrong person. It's shoot2kill who I was trying to warn, because his sig says he has an 8700M GT, with a GTX 280M presumably on the way.

 

which is why i sold him a heatsink for the 8800m-gtx i had in spare.

 

Aha, that's good to know.