ssj92

I never got RX 580 to work BUT I got WX7100 to work which uses v1.1 PCB. 

 

I think RX 480/580 use 1.0 PCB. For some reason I never got it to work but WX7100 pulled form dell precision works eDP in M17xR3. 

 

Polaris only works with eDP BTW I think, no LVDS 

22 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

Was your 5080FE normal $999 MSRP? 

Yup, I wouldn't have bought it otherwise. 

Alright my last resort didn't work to get SLI working on W790. So I will put the 5080 in as primary and maybe use rtx titan for PhysX LOL

1 hour ago, electrosoft said:

 

Unfortunately FE editions (5080 / 5090) can't cross flash vBIOS unlike the AIB variants.

 

That's the #1 reason I sold my 5080 FE a few weeks back.

 

You can shunt mod it, but no thanks.

 

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and yeah, Best Buy had a drop of FE cards this afternoon including 5070, 5080 and 5090 models. This is their second drop of FE cards.

 

Nvidia VPA is dropping pretty regularly now too. I've had at least 4 guildies / clan members score one now directly from Nvidia.

 

Prices are definitely trending down on eBay for the 5090 FE now.

 

Tons of other cards coming into stock across all brands too on the regular.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIP, in that case maybe i'll sell it or return it. I got it from the best buy drop today. Tried getting a 5090 but couldn't. 

 

Still have one thing to try with rtx titan sli mod to see if I can get it to work. 

So uhh I was able to snag a RTX 5080 FE and am debating whether I wanna keep it or not. 

 

But I saw people talking about 400w and 450w vBIOS. Too bad all the links I've seen are dead. 

 

What's the deal with 5080 vBIOS? Is there 400-450w vBIOS that can be flashed on the FE cards?

 

If I keep it I wanna do some benchmarking. 😁

I don't put liquid metal on my components anymore. 

 

PTM7950 should work well if the thermal pads are thin and allow proper contact to the core. 

 

So it seems 4080 supports eDP. 

 

Would be interesting to see it's thermal performance in M18xR2 with 3080 heatsink. 

 

If I can cool a 125w WX7100 OC in M17xR3, M18xR2 should be able to cool 4080 with 3080 heatsink in M18xR2. 

 

If that is the stock heat sink you're looking at 100w dissipation 

You need to find a TB5 dock. There is a list of docks on reddit. And specifically make sure it has DP 2.1 or HDMI 2.1.

 

I've used dell workstation docks but they will not support that high a res and refresh rate. 

 

Other option is, plug monitor directly to laptop and use a basic type-c hub for everything else 

7 hours ago, panda_zzz said:

I've been wanting one too, but tdp is stopping me for now)

TDP is 150w. Should work fine in M18xR2 and M17xR4 

 

I am talking to them now, maybe I will buy one for testing and post results. 

 

I also want to try RX 660 XT in M17xR3 eDP. 

Price drop 

On 5/7/2025 at 10:45 AM, panda_zzz said:

x-vsion has the 4080/4090 options up on their website - only $680/910.
Those who want to take a chance can try
https://www.x-vsion.com/product/x-vsion-mxm-embedded-module-rtx-4080m/

Tempting...I messaged them LOL

On 5/7/2025 at 4:30 AM, AndrewK2685 said:

Maybe not directly relevant to m6700 but interesting post for its allienware brother!!!

Some people tried RX 6600XT & RTX 3080 MXM GPUs (from that weird x-vision site 😮 )

A guy tried to mount the RX 6600 XT to m6700 but its heatsink needed mods and he was on LVDS...

@aldarxt

 

 

 

 

so 6600 xt works on lvds? it shows all DP outs on the website. Unless it runs using integrated graphics to drive internal panel 

42 minutes ago, SuperMG3 said:

The EnableMsHybrid ones and the DirectX regedit one. I just copied what you did on the other forum.

 

I used the 2016 crimson drivers right now and now I can finally use my NVIDIA P5200 GPU. Not sure for how long...

 

I think the old driver isn't fully compatible for windows 10

 

I got 5700 points on 3dmark TimeSpy with 129W TDP peak.

Post benchmarks for time spy and fire strike here so others can also see and compare in the future. 

 

So it seems like you got it working. Someone else is trying with R9 M290X and there's isn't working but they didn't do the directX part which is also needed 

2 hours ago, SuperMG3 said:

Hello.

 

I have a laptop with two MXM slots.

 

I've had an NVIDIA GPU in master before. I was getting 60% TDP max in the slave card which is the Nvidia Quadro P5200.

 

I wanted to get atleast 90-100% of TDP max usage. It's an Nvidia driver bug between two NVIDIA GPUs... and I thought one AMD GPU could fix that.

 

Then I managed to find a working AMD card as the master GPU for my laptop.

 

It's an Radeon HD 6990M.

Both GPU drivers install but... Only the HD 6990M one seems to get the rendering capabilities.

 

My NVIDIA is at 0% GPU usage everytime.

 

I did the regedit hacks to set the high performance GPU but that didn't do anything.

 

I used NVCleanInstall to install my Nvidia drivers.

 

The AMD drivers are the Catalyst one from 2015

 

What's wrong with it? 

Which registry edits did you do? 

1 hour ago, SuperMG3 said:

@ssj92Hello, what did you find? On how to fix that TDP issue on the slave card?

Unfortunately it started doing the TDP thing again, still trying to figure out what it is 

21 hours ago, sliderfra said:

Hi.

Do you still suffer from low TDP on the RTX in PEG mode or did you find a workaround?

Think I figured it out but need more testing 

 

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/33274452

I ordered mine, june eta date. 

Price: $OLD

Condition: Used (Excellent)

Warranty: None [Can be extended through Alienware]

Reason for sale: Buying new one with 5090 

Payment: Paypal, Venmo, Apple Cash, Local Cash

Item location: Martinez, CA

Shipping: US48 Included

International shipping: No

Handling time: Ships within 1-3 days

Feedback: https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/ssj92?filter=feedback_page:All

Specification:

 

This is the laptop that set records during its release in 2023. I was on top 5 leaderboards for 3dmark and even the cinebencz r23 was 37k! Surprisingly, this laptop was used maybe 10 times total and has sat on my shelf most of its life. I normally use my other 10 old Alienwares laying around. Selling to fund the 5090 model since I want the better sound. 

 

This laptop is still on BIOS 1.6.0! This means you can undervolt, overclock, do whatever you want with the CPU. I haven't updated and I have no idea if the newer BIOS' allow any of this anymore. 

 

 

Intel Core i9 13900HX CPU

32GB DDR5 4800Mhz (2x16GB)

1TB (2x512GB) NVMe RAID0

18" 2560x1600 QHD+ 300nit 100% DCI-P3 LCD

nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 with 175w power 

Windows 11 Pro 

CherryMX Low-Profile Mechanical keyboard

Killer 1675i Wireless + BT 

330w OG Phat Power Brick (I bought these when they didn't even have the slim ones yet) [This is still brand new never used]

 

Comes in original box!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Rengsey R. H. Jr. said:

Nice .. when do you think it’s available? 
 

PM me your price for the m18 R1. Might be interested. 

Unfortunately I don’t k ow but it’s sounding like May. Price might be 4199 but let’s see. My biggest issue is, AW is forcing RAM and SSD upgrades with the cherry mx keyboard alone. 

I’m gonna order one when the 5090 config is available. Gonna sell my m18 r1 

Hi all,

 

Looking for a fully working US keyboard for M17xR2 

2 hours ago, win32asmguy said:

 

Yeah Prema helped me figure out a few things on the X580 already.

 

Im not really interested in the AW due to its RGB/aesthetics and reliance on AWCC along with the hassle of removing their LM paste. I also like having some side ports for USB.

 

I do have a pre-order for the Hydroc G2. Its going to have the Prema bios so its likely going to exceed what the X580 or any other 18 inch can do.

I think I’ve decided on the AW Area-51 18. Got my 10% off coupon ready for whenever 5090 config is available. 
 

Didn’t pay Eurocom yet for the x580. It was $3758 out the door which I think is a good deal and cheaper than the AW but I don’t like the build quality 

38 minutes ago, win32asmguy said:

 

It is supposed to have boot guard but I have not confirmed it yet.

 

The price is indeed very high. I guess it makes the most sense for someone who wants to load it up with 256GB of RAM and 32TB of storage. For me I dont really care about that and just want 2x16GB and a single drive with as close to desktop speeds while keeping the fan noise from being annoying.

 

I think the sound should be on par with the X170. At least its vastly superior to the X370 which had 2x1W speakers and no subwoofer. I don't really know how to tweak the EQ to make it the best but atleast the hardware side of it is better.

 

https://imgur.com/ADNYf2d

https://imgur.com/mLfYJk2

https://imgur.com/yvYHybF

 

I got confirmation it has boot guard from the Clevo guru 😁 

 

now I’m leaning towards the AW although I did get a really good deal on a x580 so I’m not sure yet. I think 3758 shipped for a 4k panel 5090 x580 isn’t too bad right? 

49 minutes ago, 1610ftw said:

Any reason except sound that you are consdering the Clevo instead of the new Alienware?

 

Screen specs look similar to the Clevo but with a 300 instead of 240Hz refresh and from what it looks like you will get higher sustained power with the Alienware, too.

 

 

4k panel but it looks like AW has 2 subs now so that changes things

4 hours ago, win32asmguy said:

 

They appear to have EFI variable write protection enabled in the stock bios now so those hidden settings cannot be modified like I could on the X170KM or NH55JNNQ.

 

Clevo does have fan control implemented via the control center. I am not sure if the EC registers have changed but it has 10 curve points per fan. All of the 3rdparty control tools seem to rely on a "ClevoEcInfo.dll" library which does not have source code from what I have searched.

 

The only issue with the current CSODIMM modules available is they all have the looser JEDEC timings unlike the Kingston Fury modules which have tighter timings but are limited to 5600 and up to 32GB per module.

I've heard the BIOS has boot guard so we can't do anything. Not sure if I wanna spend an extra $1800 on the Clevo after selling my AW. 

 

I get 37k CB score and the 5090 seems to not be that much faster than 4090. 

 

I'm mainly interested due to the better screen (4K) and much better sound system. 

 

You've had X170. How much better are we talking sound wise? I think the X170 sounded really good. 

 

Could you upload some pics of the BIOS? I am curious what options we have available. 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows 10 Alienware Command Center works on Windows 11