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October 9th, 2020 08:00
17 R1, is it possible to upgrade my GPU?
It seems that my HD8970m is not functioning properly anymore (for some reason dell replaced my first GPU which was R9 290x with HD8970m by warranty, though I am not sure if it's normal to give different cards. I found this out recently as I am not knowledgeable with hardwares). Anyway, is there any possibility to replace this GPU with any other? For example some geforce from the same year that has same sockets or power consumption. I don't know what is required, so I hope someone can help me with that, will appreciate.
Not sure what my model is, but when I enter service tag it says: Alienware 17. Can I put my service tag here, to make it easier?
Thanks in advance
A51-06
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October 18th, 2020 16:00
I can agree with you on that but what about this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/install-gtx-980m-on-alienware-17-r1-2013.833400/page-5
mattyb3
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October 18th, 2020 16:00
Not sure what you mean sorry.
A51-06
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October 18th, 2020 18:00
The dude on there says the 980m works but without the fan it gets a little hot so basically it means it works right?
mattyb3
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October 18th, 2020 18:00
Yeah the 980M works fine in the 17. He had an issue with his card as the fan should work.
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October 18th, 2020 22:00
That's great.
It should work then.
crimsom
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October 18th, 2020 23:00
All very interesting, but please recall that this thread is all about recommending options to replace the dead GPU with something similar in terms of performance, which has been achieved already in a previous post.
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October 19th, 2020 07:00
Thanks @crimsom But what I meant was if he were to get a 980m for example, we have to verify its compatible with the computer in the first place.
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October 19th, 2020 10:00
No probs dude.