Orby Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I have an Alienware 17 with a GTX 860m in it, and plan on upgrading my GPU in the future. I was searching the forums and saw that I need an unlocked bios to upgrade the GPU? Is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiphon Set Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 As far as I'm aware the unlocked bios for the graphics card isn't necessary to upgrade the gpu. The custom vbios helps performance and overclocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewben Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 it depends on which gpu you're after. imo i don't think you need an unlocked bios if you are upgrading with a dell gpu (gtx 780m/880m), but you might need one if you go beyond that (e.g. 980m). additionally, you also need a more powerful AC adapter (240W). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orby Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 So if there's a dell 980m, I don't need an unlocked bios right?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Androidz Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I would also like to know if I can upgrade mine as there is not much on the new Alienware 14 , I would like to go from my GTX 765M to maybe a GTX 970M or GTX 980M (When it come out & considering the power / wattage and heat-sinks support it ), if not i can upgrade to the Alienware 17 as may friend has one and i can pay him the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewben Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 So if there's a dell 980m, I don't need an unlocked bios right?if the up-coming dell bios allows the upgrade, then there should be no issue.- - - Updated - - -I would also like to know if I can upgrade mine as there is not much on the new Alienware 14 , I would like to go from my GTX 765M to maybe a GTX 970M or GTX 980M (When it come out & considering the power / wattage and heat-sinks support it ), if not i can upgrade to the Alienware 17 as may friend has one and i can pay him the difference.afaik the gpu is soldered on the mobo for aw14. the better bet is to get aw17. however, it's better to double check if 980m is supported or not first. if it's not we will need modded bios.previously i tried to put a 880m in my r4. the results were unstable, so i switched back to 680m. for r4 i guess the better upgrade is 780m. (well, as of now) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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