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GPU replacement for 2012 m17x R4
Hi
So theres a tonne of posts about GPU upgrades for the m17x R4 but seeing as the machine is so old now i dont know what cards are still manufactured that will be compatible also being in Australia i dont know if that effects whats available or even if this is the correct place for this post.
Currently the system runs on the i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M, however the graphics card appears to need replacing as theres something wrong with it that forces the system to bluescreen or just completely shut down and it only does this when the graphics card is enabled.
So my question is, what graphics cards can this be replaced with?
Thanks.
Game7a1
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December 20th, 2015 12:00
Before i suggest upgrades, can you report the temperatures of your laptop and the GPU in particular? I'm wondering if the laptop itself is getting too hot (happens if you do not do periodic maintenance).
As for upgrades, the Alienware-tested upgrades are as follows.
The community-tested upgrades are as follows.