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    M17-R1 GPU Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by minorpain, Nov 14, 2011.

  1. minorpain

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    I currently have a M17-R1 and I use it daily, it runs fine and everything. I just got Skyrim, and to my disappointment I can only do Low settings. I was wondering how I could upgrade my single Ati Radeon 3870 to either dual or dual 4850s (cause I have read about them)

    Any help would be much appriecated.
     
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    I heard there was a ribbon cable, how would I get one?
     
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    Thanks! =D
     
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