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Player2

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  1. Yea for Sure . I'm just trying to find out for sure what avenues are open at this point. What I have to sacrafice if and when I do. I'm just praying dell releases their new systems with mxm 980m. Then I think we will have a chance at having a card that's more compatable with our system.
  2. So your saying if I install a 980m in my system .alienware 17 980m 60hz screen windows 7 running in optimus mode I can't overclock my card with afterburner anymore. I have to be in dedicated mode to be able to overclock my gpu.
  3. That's crazy. Maybe hold off a little longer until the 1080m comes out and there will 980M's popping up for cheaper. I'm sure the 1080m is just gonna be a slightly overclocked 980m anyway . maybe check the forums for someone selling one. That's how I got my 780m. I want a 980m too but the price plus problems people seam to be having I just can't bring my self to spend that much on something that I would have to mess with just to get working proper. That's just my 2 cents . So take it with a grain of salt . Each person has to decide what they want to do for themselves.
  4. Hey theghosts. It's me player2 from nbr. Can't get the moderators to change my username. Anyway hopefully more people with systems like ours start using the 980M's so we can get more concrete evidence .
  5. I was wondering same thing. As I have 2013 model alienware 17 with 60hz screen and windows 7. I could of sworn I heard like one of the first guys to try the 980m said it works in the alienware 17 with 60hz screen with windows 7 but only in optimus mode. Just needed to modify inf file for driver. Dedicated graphics mode would not work without doing all the windows 8.1 eufi stuff. But still waiting for someone with these system specs to confirm for sure . Would be nice but I'm not holding my breath.
  6. Has anyone had a 980m running in there alienware 17 with optimus for any length of time to know if it works proper. Like running games and doing different bechmarks. I know several people have done it and it works but does it work proper. I am of thinking of going this route because there's no way I'm installing windows 8. I heard one person that did it but it wouldn't function properly but it did function.
  7. Might as well just skip the 980m and wait for 1080m. Lol. By time we have 980m working proper nvidia will be releasing 1080m Wich probably won't work proper from the get go either. Thanks a lot dell for supporting your customers.
  8. Your right I don't want to. But for now it will work and then when a 100% solution is found I can simply flash my bios or vbios to make it work correctly right. Or do you guys think it will take a card from dell to make it work. That would suck to buy card now and use in optimus just to find out I have to buy one from dell in order to not have optimus enabled a month or so down the road.
  9. I have the newest 17 with 60hz panel and optimus and windows 7. Do I have to completely reinstall windows 7 to be able to use the 980m or can I simply install it and use my laptop in optimus mode until a workaround or solution is figured out.or should I just wait . I've only used optimus in my laptop for 2 hours the first day I got it and switched to dedicated and never used it again and that was over a year ago.
  10. Do you mind sharing were you got the cards from and are they for clevo alienware. I'm interested in buying a 980m but am scared giving that much money to someone who I have never del with before. Being as you got yours they must be reputable right . Thanks. I have a 17 also but it only has the 60hz screen Wich I'm ok with .I just want to upgrade my gpu. Been waiting so long it seams like .
  11. So what you guys are saying is 980m only work with windows 8 for now. And on top of that you have to completely reinstall it a different way just so the computer can detect the cards. I have the newest alienware 17 with 60hz screen and windows 7. I would rather take my chances with only having optimus mode than go through all that. Plus windows 8 sucks. Maybe when alienware decides to sell systems with 980m we can buy one from them and not have to deal with all these issues. Fingers crossed it all gets sorted out better for us alienware owners. And I also would like to thank all the guys that have been spending all their time working on the alienware machines with these cards trying to get them to function properly so the rest of us could enjoy the 980m experience. Cudos to you.
  12. You and me both. I've been cheeking it every ten or fifteen minutes for updates on progress. Lol.
  13. Hi my name is carl. Aka krazycarl. I got into gaming laptops almost exactly a year ago and I'm loving it so far. I'm wanting to upgrade my alienware 17 to 980m and that's what brought me to this forum. Lots of great stuff here if one is willing to take the time to read. I have already learned a lot of stuff here and hopefully I will be able to help others out with my experiences . Thanks for reading my post and happy holidays to all.
  14. I hope none of this comes True and we are pleasantly supprissed. Got a think positive .
  15. I asked several lagitimat question here and my post never show up .I know shos post won't count but could the moderates please check into my subscription please. And thank you. I'm sure this is not the right place to post this . I would just like to be a part of your guys community. Sometimes I might have something to share that could help someone else out you never know
  16. All the 980m cards for mxm laptops are the same except different vbios depending on laptop manufacturer right. Or are there some actually physically different in some way. Just curious for those that already bought a card but wasn't actually from dell.
  17. Once one installs the 980m in a system like mine can't they just use fn-5 to switch to dedicated graphics. Sorry I'm not super computer savy just looking to upgrade my alienware with the latest graphics card like everyone else here. I have 2013 alienware 17 with 770m and 60hz matte screen and optimus. A cording to post before mine the 980Ms work with systems with optimus right or am I misunderstanding. Thanks. This is my first time here in these forums so go easy on me.
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