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    Cooler running video cards? I love to hate my Aurora

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Rampaging Panda, Jul 17, 2010.

  1. Rampaging Panda

    Rampaging Panda Newbie

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    I have an M9700, and I'll start my first post by saying it was a big waste of money. This thing has been through motherboards and video cards faster than anything I've seen. It's constantly overheating, it's just too inefficient of a cooling system for all the heat it makes. I just bought a decent cooling station to put under it, but I'm thinking I might just need a new video card. Below are my specs, but I have the dual SLi Nvidia graphics card. 512meg for the two. I bought this behemoth with the intention of gaming on the go but I never have time. I'd just like to have a reliable laptop that doesn't constantly overheat and shut down. Any comporable cards that run cooler? I don't really need dual SLi if it's hurting me. So, any suggestions? Thanks!!

    Processor: AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML37 2.0GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
    Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium - With Media Center Remote Control and Single NTSC TV Tuner
    Chassis: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology - Conspiracy Blue
    Motherboard: Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset
    Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
    System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 320GB (160GB x 2) Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 5,400 RPM w/ 8MB Cache
    Optical Drive: 8x Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW w/ Nero Software
    Video/Graphics Card: Dual 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled
    Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
    Wireless Network Card: Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card w/ Airgo MIMO Technology
    Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
    Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Device
    Primary Battery: Alienware® m9700 12-cell Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
     
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  2. simonmpoulton

    simonmpoulton Notebook Deity

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    Well if you want to go down to a single card solution the Geforce 7950GTX's from the m9750 work - one card will reduce heat significantly I would think. If anyone jumps in and suggests the HD3870 - it has been tested and does not work due to the nVidia chipset used in the system.
     
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