hi guys!!
i am actually proud of being an OWNER of this great machine...but sad
my m15x got many probs so dell guys had got fixed evrything for me....except one problem i.e my 260m's having a bug or it may be fried.... it stucks in the middle of my work... like it's flashing random colours like red,pastel green...and then i must reboot it manually.
i know that this is a bug in this GTX260m...and my Alienware's having a +2 yr complete care....btw can i get my card replaced or can i ask dell people to upgrade my card to GTX460m...or shud i get an upgrade to AMD's5870 card...frm ebay??
and I plAY Crysis2.... :wink:
please suggest me the perfect option regarding the performance boost over 260m--->460m and 260m--->5870!!
and i can't find any sellers for this GTX460m card while AMD5870's having many dealers!!!
thanks
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MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~
I had almost the exact same problem, Alienware is now replacing my M17x with a new R3, of course I also had a host of other problems. and them replacing almost every part didn't help the problem. as for the 460m I'm not positive. but I am fairly certain I'll be putting mine up for sale to move up to the 485m soon.
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MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~
it didn't but the first part did, he also stated
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As for the 460M, try here.
Laptop Video Cards - R&J Technology, Clevo Barebone Notebook kits, Laptop and desktop system builder
I just wanna say I take no credit for the link, twas given me by somebody else on here!! -
They have replaced my GC once with another 260 and it seems to crash more often now .
Im going to ask for a different type of card next time . -
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Normal warranty covers any hardware glitches and so on. And you're on complete cover, you could just call them and tell them you're having problems with your gpu, they'll most likely change it for you.
I have all these issues too, replaced my GPU twice, mobo 3 times, ram once, speakers, keyboard, laptop housing, and I'm just on a normal warranty plan.
However, I do suggest upgrading to the newest driver and see whether the problems persists and if it does, just get it replaced.
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hi all.....
can i get perfomance benchmarks@ 260m,5870,460m....which could help me in
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actually im newbie...here!!
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I'm upgrading from 260 to 5850, what are the procedures I should go through to completely remove my video drivers on my nVidia to replace them with my ATI ones?
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Yes, uninstall the nvidia software (use ccleaner afterwards if you wish), then install the card and then the ATI drivers.
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My i7 920XM shouldn't throttle with the ATI 5850 card right?
I'm not going to OC or anything
Ever since I havent been using Rivertuner and after I switched BIOS ver A09 I'm getting a BSOD kernal power 41 -
No, it works perfectly for me so far.
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The Revelator Notebook Prophet
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Well you got throttlestop, I dont want to have to use any type of program at all to stop throttling
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The Revelator Notebook Prophet
"Monitoring Only"
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yeah you will be fine with that combo. throttling for the most part is the thing of the past.
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Here's an update incase anyone is wanting to know (WEI score)
After I upgraded my HD and GPU, I'm getting
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 920 @ 2.00GHz 7.4
Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB 7.4
Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series 7.2
Gaming graphics 3834 MB Total available graphics memory 7.2
Primary hard disk 86GB Free (119GB Total) 7.5
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The Revelator Notebook Prophet
That was fast! Congratulations. I suspect that you will enjoy the 5850 very much. Remember that it is *highly* overclockable.
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I hope my BSOD error 41, Kernal Power is no more since I got a new GPU
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Nice scores mate I managed to get 7.5 for CPU running 26x on all cores. Other values are the same. Enjoy!
M15x with 260m and upgrade help needed!
Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Ashtrix, Mar 28, 2011.