ek97 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I'm going to be modding an Alienware m17xr2 for fun to play around on spare time. What is the best gpu to mod into it that will work(modding is not an issue for me).I've been reading up on a bunch and i know there's some modded and unlocked bios for the r2.but what's the highest supported gnu seen by the bios. I haven't seen an answer. Any feedback is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maks0098 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 7 hours ago, ek97 said: I'm going to be modding an Alienware m17xr2 for fun to play around on spare time. What is the best gpu to mod into it that will work(modding is not an issue for me).I've been reading up on a bunch and i know there's some modded and unlocked bios for the r2.but what's the highest supported gnu seen by the bios. I haven't seen an answer. Any feedback is awesome It would be better to write in a specific forum thread about Alienware 17 and m17x. There was an answer to your question in that thread. As far as I know, Maxwell with GM1xx chips fits, but the fans themselves do not start, they need to be controlled via hwinfo. 8970M also fits with the BIOS that Raidriar dropped in the thread about AW17, but the 8970M from Dell does not have automatic fan control either, and the Clevo card works quite well. Alienware M18x R2: i7-3920XM @4.7 GHz / 24GB DDR3-2133@CL11 / GTX 1070 Oc`d upgraded from: Quadro P4000 Oc`d, Tesla M6 Oc`d Alienware M18x R2: i7-3720QM / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Firepro M6100 Clevo P751TM: i7-7700K / 16GB DDR4-2400 / GTX 1080 In past lives: Alienware 17 R1: i7-4710MQ / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Quadro M3000M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maks0098 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 here is the answer to your question. Alienware M18x R2: i7-3920XM @4.7 GHz / 24GB DDR3-2133@CL11 / GTX 1070 Oc`d upgraded from: Quadro P4000 Oc`d, Tesla M6 Oc`d Alienware M18x R2: i7-3720QM / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Firepro M6100 Clevo P751TM: i7-7700K / 16GB DDR4-2400 / GTX 1080 In past lives: Alienware 17 R1: i7-4710MQ / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Quadro M3000M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StripeySnake Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I got a p4000 to boot over HDMI for m17x R2, but the internal display didn't work with it. It might be possible via display modification (which I think I've seen someone on the german fourums do) or via internally routing the HDMI to an inverter board, and then using a compatible display with the inverter. Maxwell is definitely the most powerful practical option though. Daily Drivers: JANKTOP IV Mini-ITX Laptop - R5 2600X, 16gb DDR4 3000 Mhz, RX 5700 XT - (ONGOING) Claymore V2 Cyberdeck, 6900HX, 680m iGPU, 16gb DDR5, 185 Wh Battery 14 R1 - 4710MQ @ 3.6 Ghz, hd 4600, 12gb DDR3L 1600 Mhz Past Projects: 15 R3 - GTX 1060 6gb, i7 7700HQ, 16gb DDR4 17 R4 - RX 470 8gb i7 6700HQ, 16gb DDR4 M17x R4 - 3630QM, Quadro P4000, 16gb DDR3L 1600 Mhz M17x R2 - i7 920XM @ 3.4 Ghz, GTX 770m 2gb, 16gb DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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