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August 4th, 2014 18:00
m15x upgrading gpu
I have a m15x p08g with a 5850m in it and i wont be able to afford a new gaming laptop for a good couple of years so i was wondering that if for now i could upgrade the gpu.
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Alienware-Naomi
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August 6th, 2014 15:00
Hi minibucko,
These are the Dell Certified video cards for the M15X:
GeForce GTX 460M
NOTE: GTX 460M is the fastest video card supported by this model. You can compare performance here.
minibucko
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August 4th, 2014 19:00
Thanks for the replay but i have two other questions one is will that be ok with my current cooling or will it over heat and my second question is that is about the price of the m290x would i be able to do that.
also would a http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Dell-Alienware-M17X-R3-M18X-R1-MXM-3-0-Radeon-HD-6990M-2GB-Video-Card-RDRGR-/301229192835?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item4622a8b683
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Dell-Alienware-M17x-R3-M6600-AMD-HD-6970M-2GB-M8900-Games-Video-Card-6W46K-/231255881272?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item35d7ecb638
Work?
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August 4th, 2014 19:00
It's possible, but the cards are not inexpensive.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Promotion-Alienware-AMD-HD-DELL-7970M-2GB-GDDR5-for-M15x-M17x-M18x-upgrade-/261275711150?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3cd53ef6ae
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August 5th, 2014 05:00
I don't think the m290x was ever offered in this model - bear in mind that the BIOS has to support whatever card you install, so it must be one that Dell shipped for this model. Even if the card physically fits the system, it won't work unless the BIOS recognizes it.
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August 6th, 2014 15:00
Thanks but the 460m is still very slow i guess i will just try and figure out how to get a 6990m in there.