AlienWare m17x R3 upgrade GPU replacement

[jasonlikescats]

quit using a toaster to film your videos

[fca6]

well in the end did you get yours to work after you turned it on pingou?

[pingou212]

@fca6 Sure, I'm still using it perfectly without throttling on A04 Bios mod ( but my gtx485m is running at 1.03V mod )

[PatrickHandojo]

Let's figure out how to make a MXM-B to a PCI-e 2.0 x16 slot

[terracon]

I just ordered a GTX 485M on eBay. How's yours working so far?

[Syredisa057]

@terracon but it's a legit right? i mean you're not get scammed..

[terracon]

@Syredisa057 I've had the GTX 485M running in my M17xR3 for the past three months now and it's overclocked to 580M speeds using a voltage modded BIOS. It runs perfectly.

[Syredisa057]

@terracon oh nice to hear that, by the way, which one should i get?, the 580M instead of 485m? but i've heard the 580M has some throttle problem..

and if you can tell me your Ebay Seller, that wouldn't hurt =}

[terracon]

@Syredisa057 The M17xR3 is known to throttle back performance with the A08 BIOS. There is a modded BIOS for it that reduces the throttling and unlock other features such as disabling the Optimus features (if you have them). The eBay only had one GTX 485M due to a purchase mistake that he made for a workstation based Dell notebook. If you can find a GTX 580M, I would recommend going with it as it does run cooler than the 485M. Other than that, the feature set is the same other than clock speeds.

[Syredisa057]

@terracon oh thank you for the info, well yeah, i also found the seller of 580M at eBay, but.. i never used eBay before, so i'm just curious about the deals from there,.. :)

[pingou212]

@Syredisa057 Go for the gtx580m, its better than gtx485m, better temp ( and 3D available if you got 120hZ screen) but if you can wait a little, maybe the new gpu like a gtx 6xx can bi fixed inside if they still use the mxm 3B . I ll buy one as soon as it's on the market to test it ;)

[pingou212]

@Syredisa057 and you can trust on ebay, just watch the % of good selling by the sellor.

[zhenge14]

you made me know my notebook better.  thank you.

[perchow]

hey good video. i have an m15x with a nvidia 260m, can i upgrade the grpahics card because i cant seem to find anywhere that sells the M versions of graphics cards

[terracon]

@perchow M15x does not use MXM. You CANNOT upgrade the GT555M to something better.

[perchow]

@terracon ah well, thanks for the info

[BEATproducerLU]

QUESTION: how long you all here think it will take till Nvidia brings out the next Notebook-GraphicsCard?? im a bit scared that my M17x R3 becomes after 6-12 months outdated. O.o

[swiv2d]

I'd like to have the know how to change my graphics card myself and save a few squid rather than having to pay dell. I have an m17x R3 with a Radeon 6870M which card do you recommend I should get to atleast run crysis 2 and witcher 2 to their fullest with fluent framerates, and is it possible to change it like the way you did?

[pingou212]

@swiv2d hd6990m than gtx580m if price does mater

[510Erock]

@swiv2d wait you can pay dell to upgrade your laptop I just got mine so I really don't know

[swiv2d]

@510Erock yep they upgrade it for you but i guess it'll take along ass time but i would prefer if i could do it myself like with the old computers but dell uses alot of dodgey parts and drivers.

[510Erock]

@swiv2d ok well I can real patient thanks for the info

[homebrewman23]

@swiv2d THere isnt currently a mobile gpu that will run the witcher 2 on ultra with fluid framerates because the game is poorly optimized. Note even sli gtx 580s sorry, but you will get 11 fps if thats good enough for you.

[swiv2d]

@homebrewman23 yes it is that actully makes me feel good about my card. Thanks!

[305abnormal]

I have a 500gb hardrive on my m17x can i upgrade to a bigger hardrive with more memory? Plz someone reply

[pingou212]

@305abnormal if you re using only one HDD, remember that alienware m17 can have 2 HDD inside. U can put a 750gb 7200rpm !!! but don't buy a WD scorpio blue 1To: it will not work as this HDD is too big for m17x!!!!

[weredude101]

does the gpu have to be an note book m type?

[pingou212]

@weredude101 yes, mxm 3B

[dirtybenny666]

Where did you purchase the replacement gpu, the only place I can find mobile cards for sale is on ebay.

[pingou212]

@dirtybenny666 EBAY, Dell, RJtech, eurocom, mxmupgrade, LBO...

[dirtybenny666]

@pingou212 Thank you : )

[B1gHe4d]

im kinda newby when it comes to gaming pc's so i was wondering if a gt 9800 was a decent gpu ??

[austinXDFtw]

@B1gHe4d thats like a 5 year old card go with a gtx 550 ti or gtx 560 ti there much better

[applessaysmeow]

@pingou212 could you please post a materials list? I could'nt really read what those syringes were and I have no idea what that metal looking pad is at 19:10

[pingou212]

@applessaysmeow

for upgrading to an gtx485m, you need

-m17x r3 heatsink ==> 19.10

-mx4

-0.5mm pads ( for memory of the GPU)

-remove the retention clips and put one from your old GPU==>Hard.. badly removed=GPU broken.

-modded driver for gpu

==> wait, Dell will upgrade new gpu for the m17xR3 and m18x

[applessaysmeow]

@pingou212 upgrade it as in I can send it in and get it upgraded or upgrade what theyre offering cause I already bought the alienware ): i'll wait a while though thanks for the reply and the awesome tut :D

[swiv2d]

at the moment my m17x r3 has a radeon 6870M can I change that to any other card and there's no issues. the alienwares' are upgradeable by design?

[TheLeone1111]

I was told that gpu is unchangable for Alienware m17x, how did you do that?

[pingou212]

@TheLeone1111 xD.. Alienware M15x, M17x and M18x has MXM3B so they can be upgraded:) For upgrading, it's like my video.

[Privatematchsticks]

It has no f***** sound

[pingou212]

@Privatematchsticks no sound needed for upgrade..

[MrDBIJOU]

@Privatematchsticks well its better than 009 sound system

[thesdcfa]

is it working?

[pingou212]

@thesdcfa  after following my tuto...yes

[ryanwoods1996]

im having the sme prob :(



[pingou212]

@ryanwoods1996 Which?

[curt121281]

1-Where did u get the gtx 485m I can't find one . 2- can u download updates on NVIDIA web site or do you still have to go to dell .

[pingou212]

@curt121281

Some Cevo reseller No, you need to mod yourself but i put my modded driver inside description.