thegh0sts Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Does that mean we'll see an alienware vbios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegh0sts Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Does this mean we'll see an alienware vbios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 New AW 17 R2 - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB GDDR5 Alienware 17 Notebook | DellSoftware Operating System Options Windows® 8.1 (64-bit) (Standard) Windows® 7 Professional (64-bit) -> Legacy option ROM...... Windows® 8.1 Pro (64-bit) ........ NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB?..... Haha, can't believe they've gone for the 4GB version given that current games are already maxing this out! Yes, a good sign for older systems that they're offering it on Windows 7 I reckon - gotta get a hold of that vBIOS, although the 4GB vBIOS won't work with an 8GB card right (and most 980M that you can buy are 8GB)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegh0sts Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Haha, can't believe they've gone for the 4GB version given that current games are already maxing this out! Yes, a good sign for older systems that they're offering it on Windows 7 I reckon - gotta get a hold of that vBIOS, although the 4GB vBIOS won't work with an 8GB card right (and most 980M that you can buy are 8GB)?I'll wait till the modded version is out then I'll buy the clevo card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis1978uk Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Just buy a clevo and be done with it J/K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Haha, can't believe they've gone for the 4GB version given that current games are already maxing this out! Yes, a good sign for older systems that they're offering it on Windows 7 I reckon - gotta get a hold of that vBIOS, although the 4GB vBIOS won't work with an 8GB card right (and most 980M that you can buy are 8GB)?I'd expect the vbios won't care how much RAM it has, like my 680m, 2gb and 4gb are the same.The specs are all still up in the air, they haven't even got the accessories correctly identified. They also say a 180w PSU? For the 970m maybe but that won't cut it with the 980m! Alienware 17 Notebook | Dell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Haha, can't believe they've gone for the 4GB version given that current games are already maxing this out! Yes, a good sign for older systems that they're offering it on Windows 7 I reckon - gotta get a hold of that vBIOS, although the 4GB vBIOS won't work with an 8GB card right (and most 980M that you can buy are 8GB)? Easily correctable... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 New AW 17 R2 - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB GDDR5 Alienware 17 Notebook | DellSoftware Operating System Options Windows® 8.1 (64-bit) (Standard) Windows® 7 Professional (64-bit) -> Legacy option ROM...... Windows® 8.1 Pro (64-bit) ........ NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB?..... About time Alienware decided to offer 980M. When can we order the Dual 980M for AW 18? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecacho Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Well whoever here gets the new systems with the GTX 980m best dump the Vbios so we can flash our 8gb 980m with it! - - - Updated - - - New AW 17 R2 - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB GDDR5 Alienware 17 Notebook | DellSoftware Operating System Options Windows® 8.1 (64-bit) (Standard) Windows® 7 Professional (64-bit) -> Legacy option ROM...... Windows® 8.1 Pro (64-bit) ........ NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB?..... Bahaha, 4GB RAM, these guys are doing anything possible lately to save a buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 So if AW offers 980m sli, do I need a vbios for my AW18? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
last Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 About time Alienware decided to offer 980M. When can we order the Dual 980M for AW 18?HiCan i have hope, that i can use 970m sli or 980m in my old m17x r2 in the near future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecacho Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 About time Alienware decided to offer 980M. When can we order the Dual 980M for AW 18?Are you planning to be the first "test subject" because the systems have gotten worse since the release of the M18x R2 and M17x R4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Are you planning to be the first "test subject" because the systems have gotten worse since the release of the M18x R2 and M17x R4I already have AW 18 so I might as well upgrade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecacho Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 @Paolo11, the addiction is real! LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 @pabloolo11, the addiction is real! LOLHaha, u said it:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 About time Alienware decided to offer 980M. When can we order the Dual 980M for AW 18? NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB?..... 4GB MXM or soldered GPU (SC)....The latter means dead, ASUS 980M 4GB. Dell 680M 2GB vs Clevo 680M 4GB... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 4GB MXM or soldered GPU....The latter means dead, ASUS 980M 4GB. Dell 680M 2GB vs Clevo 680M 4GB...It's not confirmed to be soldered anyway so I think we should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecacho Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 @J95 I'm not sure what Eurocom has done but the driver in this link for the R4 has ran 2 days now with no throttling and shows valid 3D Mark score, not sure what they changed exactly in the driver to make this happen but i would recommend using this driver (yes you have to use Optimus for a little longer) it works really well. Index of /support/drivers/upgradeyourlaptop/Alienware - - - Updated - - - I'm going to compare .inf side by side to see what strings they changed - - - Updated - - - It appears all they did was change the string to run the 680m as 980m so it thinks its running 680m.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 @J95I'm not sure what Eurocom has done but the driver in this link for the R4 has ran 2 days now with no throttling and shows valid 3D Mark score, not sure what they changed exactly in the driver to make this happen but i would recommend using this driver (yes you have to use Optimus for a little longer) it works really well. Index of /support/drivers/upgradeyourlaptop/Alienware - - - Updated - - - I'm going to compare .inf side by side to see what strings they changed - - - Updated - - - It appears all they did was change the string to run the 680m as 980m so it thinks its running 680m....[ATTACH=CONFIG]13420[/ATTACH] %NVIDIA_DEV.11A0.0551.1028% = Section233, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&SUBSYS_05511028 Yep. little trick, features... 3DMark...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I'd expect the vbios won't care how much RAM it has, like my 680m, 2gb and 4gb are the same.The specs are all still up in the air, they haven't even got the accessories correctly identified. They also say a 180w PSU? For the 970m maybe but that won't cut it with the 980m! Alienware 17 Notebook | DellGotta hate that 180W PSU too! Hope you're right, and hope they've just got it all wrong - for the sake of technological progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfafa Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 %NVIDIA_DEV.11A0.0551.1028% = Section233, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&SUBSYS_05511028 Yep. little trick, features... 3DMark...... I've over-volted 980m, but no work. Would that trick work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I've over-volted 980m, but no work.Would that trick work?Old trick to validate results or used to force 'features', not anymore. Optimus enabled is the key for mikecacho, not necessarily the driver.nvdmi.inf_v344.80_M18xR2_GTX_980M.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega939 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 @everybodyM17XR3/R4 are optimus enabled (muxeless) compared to MX18 which is muxed right? So it's possible to disable the optimus (muxeless in bios) on this nb for the discrete gpu to be independent with the internal graphics (hd4000)?M17xR3/R4 BIOS settings: IGP disabled (integrated graphics) PEG enabled ?(muxeless)Internal display <-> Intel HD Graphics <-> Nvidia Graphics. (muxed)Internal display <-> Switch <-> Intel HD Graphics , <-> Nvidia Graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecacho Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 @godfafaCorrect, it runs just fine with Optimus enabled, Modded the nvdmi.inf for the latest drivers 344.80 but I have to run Optimus to trick the OS to play nice and not throttle my card. Optimus I only lose about 1-3% performance in benchmarks. While gaming it appears to not hinder it at all, as I have done side by side comparisons and in some benchmarks (Heaven benchmark results were better than non Optimus). So ill deal with it for now, until that Dell Vbios comes available.I tried to modify the strings "tricking" it to allow Non-Optimus, but without the Optimus, there just is no way of getting valid results, or a valid recognized card, which will result in the BIOS gimping the card over extended use.- - - Updated - - -@everybodyM17XR3/R4 are optimus enabled (muxeless) compared to MX18 which is muxed right? So it's possible to disable the optimus (muxeless in bios) on this nb for the discrete gpu to be independent with the internal graphics (hd4000)?M17xR3/R4 BIOS settings: IGP disabled (integrated graphics) PEG enabled ?(muxeless)Internal display <-> Intel HD Graphics <-> Nvidia Graphics. (muxed)Internal display <-> Switch <-> Intel HD Graphics , <-> Nvidia Graphics. Nope, its either SG - Intel HD Enabled or nothing. IF you disabled the HD and ran PEG you will throttle after a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis1978uk Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Are the m18xr2's still misbehaving with sli 980m? or anyone found a way to ungimp them yet?i found a warrantied m18xr2 on ebay very cheap im on the verge of buying and using whilst i move the p570wm on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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