I'm typing this from my phone because both my graphics cards in my laptop died. I can't use it now. I found out that my laptop supports MXM 3.0b cards with a form factor of IV or smaller from what I gather. I found a newer card with those same specifications. So I'm positive it will fit in the slot. The question is: will it draw the same amount of power as the previous card? My previous card was actually two cards. Two Radeon 7970M cards with 2gb vram each. Not sure what the clock speeds and such are though. This new card holds 4gb of vram and probably has a higher clock rate than the previous card. I've heard of people upgrading their laptop's graphics cards before, so it's definitely not impossible to do. I spent about $2000 on this laptop (Alienware m18xR2) in 2012 and I want to keep using it. Below is the card I'm thinking of getting. I can't seem to find how much power these cards draw. I looked on the nvidia website and it doesn't have anything on it. Not sure about the radeon cards though. Not sure how much they draw.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=191799165821&alt=web
Please tell me if you think this will work or not. If not, give me some advice on what to do next.
Thanks,
Dragos240
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=191799165821&alt=web
Please tell me if you think this will work or not. If not, give me some advice on what to do next.
Thanks,
Dragos240
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