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December 23rd, 2013 17:00
Upgrading Graphics Card x17 R3
Heya, I've been wanting to get round up upgrading my graphics card on my Alienware x17 R3 for a long time now, as new games come out, my FPS gets lower and lower. I am looking to buy a nice card from my Christmas and Birthday money, are there any available lists of cards that fit inside, and also are compatible with the machine?
I was talking to some friends in Teamspeak, and once of them has a 650 Ti, said it was very cheap and worked very well for the time he has had it. Is that compatible with the machine? Thanks, hope to seeing replies here soon! :)
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Milena M458
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December 24th, 2013 07:00
Hello DeathD!
The video cards that we validated for this system are
Nvidia m460
Nvidia GTX 560
Nvidia GTX 580
AMD 6870
AMD 6970
AMD 6990
With any other video card we cannot assure you that the system will work properly.
DeathD
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December 24th, 2013 09:00
Hm ok, thanks. I suppose I will end up getting the 580.
Just wondering, would it be possible to fix the low FPS I have, with the good spec PC I have, I run games such as Team Fortress 2 on about 40-55 FPS on minimum graphic setting?
Any settings I need to change, or is this usual due to how old the GPU is?
89fordprobee
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December 24th, 2013 10:00
just for reference the 650TI and so foruth are DESKTOP video cards nnot laptop assuming you have the M17X R3 as it seems from the title..
I had a M17X R1 with 260m's and it pulled over 100ffps so something is wrong .. either your running on the onboard video(not switching to discrete) or there is issues with the card itself.. or your running onbattery..
it would be nice to know your current specs then we can help out a bit more from there..
being a laptop you gotta make sure to get a 580M video card then pending on current video card might need heatsink ..
89fordprobee
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December 25th, 2013 10:00
I still cant see your current gpu model but here is an example and price of a 580M..
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Dell-NVIDIA-GTX-580M-for-Alienware-M17X-M18X-/171186999929?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item27db8a5279
and the heatsink this says 660M but its just example for cost..
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Alienware-Nvidia-Video-Graphics-Card-M17x-R3-R4-Heat-Sink-75W-GTX660M-TDMDJ-/161004188524?pt=US_Fan_Heatsin_Brackets_Accs&hash=item257c98f36c
roughly 500 bucks US total or so .. just example .... so you know what your getting into for cost.. anyway you know what model gpu you have .. CPU-z will tell you
DeathD
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December 25th, 2013 10:00
Here is my NIVIDA control panel. If in the end I can't get this sorted, I suppose I will have to begin saving for a custom PC.
DeathD
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December 25th, 2013 11:00
Found it, thanks. Here u go
http://gyazo.com/8f43e1d7660ec305e8d5a34dadbef003.png