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    Gaming laptop advice.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by coddyy, Aug 6, 2012.

  1. coddyy

    coddyy Newbie

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    Hey everyone, i recently bought an alienware m17x. The graphics card i got with it was Nvidia Geforce 560m, now i dont no very much about video cards and am looking to get a new one because some of the games i play including battlefield 3 have to be run on a low quality to get working, So does anyone know of any good video cards that work well on this laptop? Any advice would be great!
     
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Upgrades are available, such as the AMD 6990M and more-powerful 7970M or GeForce GTX 580M and 680M. Bear in mind that such an upgrade will cost you. A 6990M recently sold on this forum for $375.
     
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  3. Silverfern

    Silverfern Notebook Deity

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    i thought u can play battlefield 3 on medium with 560m
     
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    coddyy Newbie

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    I tried it on every setting from ultra down and it froze on everyone after about 30 seconds of playing. it working on low now do.
     
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    why ultra? try something in between. also sounds like you have heat problem if you are freezing up
     
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    coddyy Newbie

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    Ye i tried ultra first, then medium after and still the same thing. ill try it again it could of just been overheating.
     
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    have you ever cleaned the heatsink and fans? how old is the laptop?
     
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    wrong place :D
     
    Silverfern, Aug 6, 2012
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  9. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Have you checked your GPU's gaming temperatures? Run GPU-Z in the background while you play, then report the max temps here.

    Are you still under warranty?
     
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    It sounds like there's some type of hardware failure going on here. Checking temperatures and cleaning out the heatsinks/fans is a start, then run other games and tests to determine if those applications are experiencing similar problems.
     
    saturnotaku, Aug 7, 2012
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