cookieoreo18 Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 So i have an Alienware 17 R1 with a GTX 980M and 240W PSU. The GPU recently started crashing the entire computer during gaming and sometimes it wouldn't totally crash but give me Nvlddmkm error and after a restart disappear from the device manager and then require some restarts to get it back to show. So now im looking to upgrade to a better card. I have the 60Hz display. Is it possible to upgrade to a 1070, a P4000 or any other better card without having to go with the 120Hz display? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sliderfra Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 6 hours ago, cookieoreo18 said: So i have an Alienware 17 R1 with a GTX 980M and 240W PSU. The GPU recently started crashing the entire computer during gaming and sometimes it wouldn't totally crash but give me Nvlddmkm error and after a restart disappear from the device manager and then require some restarts to get it back to show. So now im looking to upgrade to a better card. I have the 60Hz display. Is it possible to upgrade to a 1070, a P4000 or any other better card without having to go with the 120Hz display? hi, yes you can upgrade easily with the 60Hz screen, as you have NVIDIA OPTIMUS. Best options are 1060 gtx (~150€), 1070 gtx (~200€), or even quadros P3000/4000/5000. You can even go with 2060 RTX (quadro rtx 3000) but it ain't cheap (350€+). Changing screen to an EDP screen would reduce the spectrum of options (as cards absolutely need good vbios with edp activated) but would give you a much better screen than the old TN 60Hz LVDS, altough a lesser battery life (as optimus is inhibited). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieoreo18 Posted October 6 Author Share Posted October 6 I read somewhere that 10 series cards and above don't work with optimus. So if they do actually work thats good. I don't mind the 60Hz TN display. Do i need to flash a custom bios on the laptop or is it plug and play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sliderfra Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 They do work perfectly fine with OPTIMUS. You don't need a custom bios but Unlocked BIOS gives you some valuable options (overclock, XMP...) You will have to inf mod the nvidia drivers, that's all! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieoreo18 Posted October 7 Author Share Posted October 7 alright great thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieoreo18 Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 you know where i can find the unlocked bios? I found a post about the Alienware 17 R1 Ranger. Is the Ranger a different model? Mine is just Alienware 17 R1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 6 hours ago, cookieoreo18 said: you know where i can find the unlocked bios? I found a post about the Alienware 17 R1 Ranger. Is the Ranger a different model? Mine is just Alienware 17 R1 Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M HP ZBook 17 G6 i7 9850H-32GB DDR4-RTX4000maxQ GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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