gotmilk70 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Hi everyone, as the title suggests...I have an Alienware M15x. Computer specs are on my signature below. I will receive the GPU tomorrow and the CPU most likely on Thursday. Would there be a possibility to tell by the ebay item list of what kind of 8970M this is? Here is the link to the card I purchased: AMD HD 8970M 4GB GDDR5 for Alienware 17 18 M17XR4 M18XR2 New Kit | eBay Would I run into any issues running this on my laptop? Can I OC the sucker? Once I get the card, I will be able to test it, but I want to know if someone can help identify the card so I can tell if it will work before I put in the card. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Works fine, provided you have the proper vbios. See here: http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m15x/3911-m15x-amd-8970m.html#post55048I wasn't able to OC the memory though, crashed at the slightest change. Might have been a dud, but some other people also seemed to have issues with ocing the memory of the 8970m, in other systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmilk70 Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I have issues with fan control. It constantly stays at 4483rpm and does not change. On top of that, the system shuts down by itself due to it overheating. Idle it stays at 30-35c, in full load it reaches 70C+. Please help me...This is stock settings on both CPU and GPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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