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May 6th, 2017 08:00
Alienware 13R3 and VR
So, I tried asking this on Twitter and Alienware's Twitter (Be it just Alienware or Alienware support) just sucks. No one pays attention or care. They will ask you one question and you never hear from them. So don't bother.
Anyways, I have a couple things that maybe the user community can answer.
1. The Alienware 13R3 is VR Ready but it can only run the crappy games. Does anyone have tweaks/ideas to make
the video card work better?
2. The 13R3 runs too hot! the fans are just insane and after reading and testing the issue seems to be too much voltage on the CPU. If I undervolt it the systems runs great/quiet without issue. We need to option in the BIOS so we don't have to run the stupid Intet utility all the time and load the profile. I have a Alienware 51R2 and you let us overclock
and do whatever the hell we want but you give us no control on laptops. Right now this thing sits in the corner most of the time due to this issue.
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Tesla1856
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May 7th, 2017 13:00
1. What video card is in it, and is it just the "mobile" version of the GPU?
2. It's a tiny closed-up case. Not sure what you expect ( it doesn't cool with magic). Too bad no liquid cooling, but I'm guessing you wanted small and thin anyway. I think your options are:
- fast and loud or
- slower (throttled ?) and quieter
A nice laptop-cooler pad might help. Don't most people just get the AGA and run a desktop card?
dabeargrowls
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May 8th, 2017 18:00
It has the 1060 in it. I don't recall there being a 1060 mobile so I would think just the standard 1060. I was asking to see if anyone had any VR tweaks. (software based) I have a Area 51R2 and it rocks but I'd rather take my VR to work and friends with a laptop if possible due to the weight of the Area 51. VR works but there are some games (Arizona Sunshine) which doesn't work well at all.
As for too much voltage on the CPU I think Alienware should allow us to drop it. It makes no sense and temperature can drop 15C just by dropping it without any issues. Since you are dropping voltage you can't mess up the chip and you reduce heat and increase battery life. Its a win/win. For now I run the Intel utility every time I boot/wake up from sleep.
Anyone overclock the 1060 by chance? I've never tried it on a laptop but my water-cooled Area 51 (980TI GTX) is overclocked to the max that 110% voltage can get me. Its awesome to see water-coolers do such a great job! if only laptops had something similar.
Tesla1856
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May 8th, 2017 20:00
1. Yeah, so it's nice and powerful ... and is gonna run hot when it has "work to do". Just try to keep it cool so it doesn't melt-down.
2. I think Creators Update is suppose to have a new Gaming or VR Mode? Sounds like the VR-Mode that my MSI-Gaming-App facilities (for the MSI GTX-1070 in my Aurora-R1).
3. Oh, so you are all set.
Yeah, run your VR on that and be happy. Use the laptop for other stuff and when you gotta be mobile.