Praetextus Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi,I am looking into upgrading my graphics card for my m17x r4. I currently have the nvidia 660m. I was looking into the 680m as it looks like a reasonable priced card.Anyone who has any experience with this? And is 4gb cards overkill? They are really pricy but are they worth the 300 dollars extra?And last. I have watched a few videos of people changing the card and it seems pretty doable. Is that a true assessment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cresterk Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 If you are using just a single 1080p monitor, you wont ever be using more than 2gb. Not even skyrim with mods used that much VRAM for me. Besides, lower memory overclocks better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetextus Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 If you are using just a single 1080p monitor, you wont ever be using more than 2gb. Not even skyrim with mods used that much VRAM for me. I wont for some timne so that answers my question! Thanks so much, Been on the phone waiting for 30 min to speak to dell.... Guess I'm better of buying it from Ebay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetextus Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 How about power supply? I was looking at my order details and the adapter is 180. I guess I will need a 220? That's what Dell told me. Oh... And almost 1000 euro if I want to buy it trough Dell Its around 500 from upgrade monkey. They told me I will need a new heat sink too but from what Ive read that wasn't necessary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xflood Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I did upgrade just like you form a 660m to a 680m, and did not need a new heatsink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP7even Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I have a GTX680M and my PSU is 240W, I may be selling my GPU as I will be buying the GTX880M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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