The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Hd6970s in a dell m17x-r1

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jhenry981, Jan 25, 2012.

  1. jhenry981

    jhenry981 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    so i have a question for you guys since i havnt really seen anything on the internet and i really dont want to read through 378 pages on this fourm. im looking at buying the 6970 from the seller upgradeyourlaptop but will this card work in the m17x the first one from dell with the core2quad instead of the r2 with the i7? thanks for any help
     
    jhenry981, Jan 25, 2012
    #1
  2. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    372
    Messages:
    2,489
    Likes Received:
    11
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I would bet money against it working. Just save your money and buy a base config R4 when they come out in a few months. That'll be faster in every way and covered by warranty.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Jan 25, 2012
    #2
  3. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

    Reputations:
    1,748
    Messages:
    4,094
    Likes Received:
    28
    Trophy Points:
    116
    Where are you located? Maybe someone with a 6970m is willing to try it.

    The m17x r1 does not work well with GTX 560m, 460m cards because of something like a hardcoded display structure in the BIOS or proprietary LCD cable. Therefore it may not work well, and if nothing else, running 2 cards in crossfire is a bad idea because you'll probably be exceeding the notebooks internal power circuitry by quite a bit.
     
    niffcreature, Jan 25, 2012
    #3
  4. highfly

    highfly Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    284
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    you should really post this in the alienware m17x forum and no i dont think the 6970 is supported by the bios. You can use 5870 in crossfire there is a thread on it in the fourm i mentioned
     
    highfly, Jan 25, 2012
    #4
  5. jhenry981

    jhenry981 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    ok thanks guys..ill proboly just end up doing the 5870s in crossfire.
     
    jhenry981, Jan 25, 2012
    #5