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    *M15X + 6970* Anyone thinking of trying when they come out?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by JohnnyFlash, Mar 1, 2011.

  1. dttran83

    dttran83 Notebook Deity

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    Didn't have a chance to retest it yet. Went to work and school all day, finally just got home. The game that really throttle alot is bfb2. I don't know is it because of my cpu and gpu combination. I will retest bfb2 in a bit and see if it still throttle.
     
    dttran83, Apr 19, 2011
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  2. macleod2024

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    So its been a month or so guys, how have your machines handled the upgrade?
     
    macleod2024, May 17, 2011
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    Perfectly. I don't want to go back, seriously. It's quite a jump performance wise. And now with the completely automatic HWinfo32 for fan control you don't have to think to adjust your fans before gaming or similar.
    Besides the fan there's no issue, DP/HDMI audio works now, I will test this with the new drivers as well like widezu69 asked me, today or tomorrow, I don't know but I'll let you know.
     
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    I just picked myself up an M15X after debating between all the models. It has the 5850 in it but I saw this thread and want to upgrade to best video card possible I just don't know where to get them at!

    I saw the GTX 580m dropped in price a couple months ago and that seemed to be the best GPU out but wasn't sure if that worked with the M15X or not.
     
    damstr, Dec 31, 2011
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  5. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    This thread is almost a year old, you want the one that's stickied.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Dec 31, 2011
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