Official Alienware M17XR4 thread

[trigger25sg]

Hi, that is true I certainly don't doubt that, but how many people are going to swap in their own video card with custom vBios? Maybe 1 or 2 in 100 people? The rest are just going to use what comes with the laptop, right?

EDIT: oops misread that, actually many people do swap the gfx cards themselves for an even bigger boost, but my point is just that most people would just run it at stock instead of oc-ing, running custom vBios, or generally tweaking with the laptop in any way.

True bro and thats why i buy alienware. Everything is so customisable. The wifi card, gpu, overclocking etc. To me the alienware is like a D.I.Y laptop haha and the performance is second to none. The best thing i like about alienware is the sound. Sound recon3d not the realtek chipset.

 

[Assault]

Love Alienware for all the points you've brought up, and the extra-super-easy customizability of the laptop. Had a G53 Asus before that, and THAT one was a real pain to take apart and upgrade on my own!

My R3 is still chugging along with a 6970M, might look into upgrading it in the near future, just for sh1ts and giggles

 

[trigger25sg]

Just done a gtx780m upgrade on my alienware m17xr4. The results are pretty impressvie but i have to sacrifice nvidia optimus.

Here is my 3dmark11 score

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e371/demonhunter76/780m_zps238b9e92.jpg

 

[trac006]

@trigger25

bro, you still selling your 680m?

 

[trigger25sg]

@trigger25

bro, you still selling your 680m?

maybe i got a 2gb n 4 gb card

 

[tec4mbps]

I have an Alienware m17X R4, do i require to flash bios or mod driver for GTX780M GPU upgrade?

 

[sKeLeToN]

Reviving a super old thread!!!

Has anyone received notification for Win10 upgrade already?

Its been more than 2 weeks since the release and the notification still says that MS is "working with its partners (i assume Dell/Alienware) to ensure your PC works well with Windows 10"...

 

[enriqueyang]

the last time my windows 8 give me hell thus, was dual booting till the windows 8 give me headache,

hows fellow alienwarer doing? anyone on windows 10 yet?

and are the drivers ready n stable?

 

[trigger25sg]

the last time my windows 8 give me hell thus, was dual booting till the windows 8 give me headache,

hows fellow alienwarer doing? anyone on windows 10 yet?

and are the drivers ready n stable?

Yup upgraded to windows 10 successfully. only driver i having blue screen issues is the broadcom ac wifi drivers from dell causing my system to crash or bsod. Using windows 10 drivers fixed it.

 

[sKeLeToN]

Yup upgraded to windows 10 successfully. only driver i having blue screen issues is the broadcom ac wifi drivers from dell causing my system to crash or bsod. Using windows 10 drivers fixed it.

Did MS inform you via the "official channel", or did u manually do the upgrading?

 

[trigger25sg]

Did MS inform you via the "official channel", or did u manually do the upgrading?

I have done the installation via notification and via media creation tool download. Both works fine.

 

[sKeLeToN]

I have done the installation via notification and via media creation tool download. Both works fine.

Haiz, mine still shows as "validating windows 10 for your PC"...