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    Problem with m18x r1

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by AsakuraYoh, Nov 20, 2015.

  1. AsakuraYoh

    AsakuraYoh Notebook Geek

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    So after serving me for 4 year my laptop currently not working and i assume because my 580m is dead. I try to take them out and it work. Then i put them back in and it show the 580m on bottom have problem in device manager, so it the slave card i guess. Then after the window update it won't turn on anymore and keep beeping.
    So i come to conclusion that my gpus is at the end of their life after 4 years serving me. So i plan to either upgrade it or try find used one with 780m sli
    My options are
    1/ get 2 780m and try to see if it fix.
    If this option then i have 2 choices: dell and eurocom. Dell is half price of eurocom on ebay so i don't know if it work any difference.
    2/ spend few more hundreds to get r3 with 4th gen i7 and dual 780m.

    I try to get some advices on what to do now, since winter break is coming and i have no computer to play with.
     
    AsakuraYoh, Nov 20, 2015
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  2. Raidriar

    Raidriar ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

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    Get 780M SLI, no reason to change computer
     
    Raidriar, Nov 20, 2015
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    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I agree with this. I only have 680M SLI, and even in brand new games I only have to dial a couple of graphics settings down from the maximum to run at 60fps.
     
    TurbodTalon, Nov 22, 2015
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  4. AsakuraYoh

    AsakuraYoh Notebook Geek

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    so keep my R1 then ^^!
    Is there any different between eurocom cards and dell? Since I saw price is much different on ebay.
     
    AsakuraYoh, Nov 22, 2015
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  5. Raidriar

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    Not really, just as long as it is not a MSI 780M.
     
    Raidriar, Nov 22, 2015
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