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    Alienware 18 replaced by alienware17 need help

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Thebronze guy, Nov 21, 2017.

  1. Thebronze guy

    Thebronze guy Newbie

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    Hey guys i am new to this forum. I currentyl have a alienware 18. The specs are as follow:

    Cpu: 4910 mq
    Graphic cards: 970msli
    256G SSD
    16G RAM

    The problem is, one of my graphic card is not working, and dell had replaced it several times but still failed to fix it. They now decide they have to replace the whole system, and i was told the replacement will be a new alienware 17 r4. Just wondering what specs should i ask for the alienware 17?

    I think 1070 is better than my 970msli, however, i read some threads here and found out the new alienware 17 has serious throttling problems. Should i ask for a 1080 instead?

    Any help would be appreciated :) thank you guys
     
    Thebronze guy, Nov 21, 2017
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  2. FaTT

    FaTT Notebook Consultant

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    Well just my opinion my friend but I would shoot for the moon, go the tip top of specs and work your way down from there :) worst they can say is No
     
    FaTT, Nov 21, 2017
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