Upgrade for Alienware M17x

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ItsBrokenAgain

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Hi, I bought an Alienware m17x a few years back when I was needing a laptop more than a desktop. I then got a friend to custom build me a desktop when I moved into my own apartment (who I am no longer in contact with) which is absolutely fine for games, but I recently want to play Civ6 on my laptop but it just won't run. I'm tempted to upgrade my laptop so that I can run the game as sitting at my desktop for 8 hours on a weekend is starting to kill me.

I currently have,

Video Card - GeForce GT 240M
CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 840 @ 1.87GHz
RAM - 8GB
OS - Windows 10
Sound Card - NVIDIA High Definition Audio

I'm pretty sure its just the Video card that is the problem here? Although would I need to upgrade my CPU also?

Also something else I have noticed is that my laptop battery dies extremely quickly, any recommendations on that?

Thanks,
DC

Any suggestions, as mentioned my laptop is an Alienware m17x.
 
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hdmark

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Unless the alienware is different than almost all laptops, you will not be able to upgrade the GPU or the CPU . Laptops generally only allow upgradeable RAM/storage.

update - although im seeing people selling the GPU from the alienwares. i see some 260's and 280's on ebay. I have NO idea you would swap them out or if you would use the old heatsink... but i guess it might be an option for you

Might be able to replace the CPU too... i see people posting about them in notebookreview.com apparently
http://forum.notebookreview.com/forums/alienware-17-and-m17x.1079/
 
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Jay Santos

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Unless your Alienware laptop is one of those that allows you to use a "Graphics Amplifier" then you're screwed.
Graphics amplifier is another way to call an external gpu. A very costly way to go.

If money is an issue just buy yourself a Dell i5 from Ebay for like $150 and stick in a GTX 1050ti for $140 and you're set.
 
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