ShineGlizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Hey whats up guys and gals? New member but have been researching here for quite some time. I have a... 2011 Alienware M17x R3 i7-2630QM CPU 16GB RAM Nvidia GTX 460M GPU Windows 8.1 Pro x64 I happened to find a good deal on ebay after a heated bidding war lol. So basically I want to upgrade the GPU to get a liitle more performance out of her. A few games have some terrible lag as Im playing. Ive been looking on ebay and doing research on a new one for the past couple weeks. Should I go with a 580m or save the extra money and get a 680m or a 780m? Something along that line. I dont wanna spend too much on a newer GPU. Any opinions would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineGlizzy Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Swapped the 460m with the new 765m, after going to bios and disabling HD Audio, Display was already set to PEG. I get a black screen with 8 beeps. Swapped the 460m back in for the time being and it boots up normally... Any suggestions? Heres what my bios looked like before the swap. Edited January 20, 2018 by ShineGlizzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackLeader Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 How did you replace a laptop GPU? was it soldered onto the board? if so that is impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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