M17x r1 available gpus first aw 17 model post dell, still rocks with a 4870 crossfire setup, but if you are looking for one, better go with an r2and update it. It currently isnt working, not showing up as being installed through device manager it just says standard vga graphics adapter where it previously said nvidia geforce gtx 680m. Alienware m17x r4 cannot detect my amd radeon hd 7970m. Apr 24, 20 after running great for a year, my alienware m17x r4 crashed when loading bf4, i restarted it and it decided to do an when re starting update and would freeze on the windows screen. Dell alienware hd 7970m 2gb gddr5 video card m15x m17x. Msfn is made available via donations, subscriptions and advertising revenue.
After me spending 2 days on it and a computer shop spending one day on it i gave up and bought a 7970m from. Download and install the latest drivers, firmware and software. Amd radeon hd 7970m video card benchmark result intel. Find top knowledge base articles, manuals, videos, howto articles and more to help troubleshoot your product issues. Oh wait, you should be able to find out a lot on dells website with your notebooks tag number.
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