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[advice] 970m and Windows 10

By Adomis63, in Alienware M15x/AW 15

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Adomis63
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Hi guys,

 

I'm sorry for making another thread just for this but I really wanted to pick your brains on this!

 

I have an m15x with a 770m running windows 7 and everything works. Rock. Solid. I'm pretty happy with it. Since windows 7 is on it's way out, I would like to upgrade to windows 10. Now I've looked into it before and had a really hard time getting the 770m to behave nicely and had all these issues with green/yellow/pink screens and I remember it being a miracle I got it to work on 7 as good as it does.

 

My question is how well does the 970m install vs the 770m - particularly on windows 10? I would buy it in a heartbeat if it makes the install less tedious with the colored screens and all that. Especially if all the functions work on it! I have been searching the internet and I cannot find nearly as many problems with the 970m as I could with the 770m, or am I just  not looking in the right places?

 

Thanks a million!

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windows runs on your integrated graphics card i believe. I have a 970m and never had windows problems. If you find out your problem is windows running on your integrated graphics card then you can make windows run on your dedicated through the control panel.  updating to windows 10 is easy, just download the ISO and upgrade through the settings, make sure you get your windows product key from cmd before you upgrade.

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