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    What To Upgrade From 5850M

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by shizdan, Nov 11, 2011.

  1. shizdan

    shizdan Notebook Consultant

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    My GPU isnt cutting it anymore. I need to play BF3 and Skryim. What shoul I upgrade for it?
     
    shizdan, Nov 11, 2011
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    KumquatWrath Notebook Evangelist

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    I personally upgraded from 260m to 6970m and BD3 runs wonderfully, except I'm having terrible crashing issues that I don't know why. However, both 6970m and 6990m are supposed to be very good upgrades to aim for.
     
    KumquatWrath, Nov 11, 2011
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  3. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    What sort of settings are you looking for in those 2 games? The 2 best options for you are the 6970m/6990m.
     
    khetik, Nov 11, 2011
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  4. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    For the sake of an original suggestion, there are GTX 570m available from taobao in china.

    Also there are ES 480m on Ebay for 400$ but on best offer.
     
    niffcreature, Nov 12, 2011
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  5. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    are the 480m and 570m confirmed working in the M15x? wasn't aware anyone successfully did it.
     
    khetik, Nov 12, 2011
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  6. shizdan

    shizdan Notebook Consultant

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    I'm looking for simply better FPS. I'm playing BF3 at the lowest settings to ensure top FPS but I'd like better visuals. I also think skyrim lags a little and looks a little ugly on lower settings.
     
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  7. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    you should easily be able to get medium/high settings in bf3 native res. If you want more gpu power than go for 6970m or 6990m. Follow the thread for it to help guide you with installation/problems/etc.
     
    khetik, Nov 12, 2011
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  8. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    sombody has the 560m running in their laptop, but he is having throttling issues :(
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 12, 2011
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  9. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    ya i know of dutch having the 560m, was contemplating on that upgrade. Now i'm glad i just went with the 5850m for the time being. Just wanted a simple plug and play for now.
     
    khetik, Nov 12, 2011
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  10. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    thats what i said when i bought a 6990m for my m17x-r3 :p haha didn't work out so well
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 12, 2011
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  11. The Revelator

    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    Have you tried overclocking the 5850M? There's a lot of power in the card that is not available at stock settings. Try TriXX ( https://www.sapphireselectclub.com/ssc/TriXX/TriXX.aspx) and set to 800/1000 and ease the voltage up to 1.05v. Should make a noticeable difference. All TriXX o/c'ing is driver based, so everything is reset to stock when you reboot (or click on reset within TriXX). No danger.
     
    The Revelator, Nov 12, 2011
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