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    Upgrade alienware m18x

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by demon151, Aug 5, 2015.

  1. demon151

    demon151 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys , i'm the new in here , i've got alienware m18x and i've to upgrade it to gtx680m sli a few month ago , now i wanna upgrade it to gtx880m sli . Do gtx880m sli are stable on m18x ?? (Somebody told me that gtx880m not stable on m18x ). And where can i buy the brand new gtx880m ?? ( i'm from Việt Nam where do not have any service for alienware , so sad :(( )

    Very need your advise guys , thanks you guys first
     
  2. TBoneSan

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    Don't get 880m's friend. Your better off with your 680m's. 780m's are a better option, especially in Vietnam where is hot.
     
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    880m is too hot ??? Because i wanna some big different from gpu clock ( just wanna best setting in watch_dogs ^^ ) so that i chose 880m not 780m , but why i cant take that ?? And where i can buy the brand new gpu for my laptop ^^
     
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  4. twin snakes

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    better stick with your 680m SLI, or 780m SLI if ya can afford one, 880m has some kind of stable problems despite the fact that they are 780m's clone
     
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    880Ms are hindered by some weird power design. Once overclocked they heat up like crazy.
     
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    Ok , thanks guys , i'll thinking about going up to twin 780m's . Thanks 4 ur advise . Ah 1 more question , are duo 780m's can handle watch_dogs with hight setting ??
     
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    Here's a video I did with 780m SLI along time ago. It was before SLI was officially supported. Those are max settings.


     
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    like a breeze, last year i've completed that game with a m18xr1 (2760qm + 780m SLI), max setting with 60 framerate almost the time, but you should use TheWorse Mod for best experience (lol with the name!)
     
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    OMG , so that these 780m's can handle watch dogs easily =))) , SWEEEEEETTTTT , thanks u guys so much
     
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    gtx 680 sli could handle watch dogs with no problems as well
     
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    I dont know #panamaniacs but my system cant handle that with the hight set , i just playing that game with low everything and fps sometime drop from 50~~>55 to 30~~> 40 >.< ( poor me ) . My system when i've played were : win7 ultimate , 16gb ram corsair , ssd 240gb , and of course twin gtx 680m's
     
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    i dont mind playing at 30fps, i guess is a matter of preferences
     
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    :)) maybe u right , i dont like any lag in my game , for full enjoyment :D
     
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    i think with gtx 780m sli you will experience the same behavior but the min fps will be higher .
     
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    Watchdogs uses up around 3500MB VRAM on the highest settings, so it should help immensely if going to 780m's.
     
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    Base on the video from TBone that with 2 gtx780m we can play watch dogs like a boss with the heighest setting ^^
     
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    You should get better performance with the official SLI support now too... So long as Ubisoft haven't broken it again
     
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