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    A simple (hopefully) 880m question.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by OptimusNarwhal, Oct 20, 2014.

  1. OptimusNarwhal

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    Hello everyone.

    I'm not really an overclocker anymore, haven't been for many years, just a gamer who likes performance and efficiency. I've had an Alienware 18 for a couple months now with an 880m SLI configuration and obviously I have the throttling/noise issue that everyone has complained about. What I haven't found in my research through all the complaints is any kind of solution.

    So my question to you all is can you provide me with any kind of fix for this problem? Again, I'm not looking for benchmarks or massive overclocking. I'm just a guy who wants to keep playing WoW, or Counter-Strike, or The Sims 4, or whatever other game without having my graphics cards immediately fire up and blow noise all over the place.
     
    OptimusNarwhal, Oct 20, 2014
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    Unfortunately I don't think there has really been a resolution for this as of yet.

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    Splintah, Oct 20, 2014
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    Mr. Fox, Oct 21, 2014
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