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post #21 of 29
12/7/09 at 2:54pm
did you call dell?
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post #22 of 29
12/7/09 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by dondadah88 View Post
did you call dell?
sorry don... i think i need to go with my 4870's coz dell do not cover the warranty if i change the card. maybe the policies are different from countries, my AW is from Dell UK
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post #23 of 29
12/7/09 at 11:44pm
thats a pretty far journey and i understand about your warranty.
what did you say to them?
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post #24 of 29
12/8/09 at 10:52am
DELL is very protective when it comes to independently trading parts, or even buying aftermarket. I used to own a Dell XPS GEN I laptop, and I wanted to order the ATI MR9700 to ATI MR9800 upgrade. I have the skills to do the upgrade myself, however DELL, even after I spent $400 for the upgrade, essentially required me to have the technician come over. Even he couldn't understand why it was needed for him to come over when it was a simple swap of part for part, but he explained that in order for DELL's warranty policy to be satisfied, a technician has to do all the repairs, be it at home or at a depot. For some reason, DELL doesn't trust its customers, even its XPS customers (and now, apparently Alienware), to do upgrades by themselves. Part of the reason people buy high-performance computers is that they understand the requirements that go with them, and many of these consumers are quite adept at repairing / upgrading parts on their own.

For James, you can get physX to work on ATi cards, there is a workaround for it. It does require a download of this (for win7)

PhysX workaround x64

or

PhysX workaround x86

Jason
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post #25 of 29
12/8/09 at 4:25pm
Is it worth it to enable PhysX on an ATI Card? Is there that much of a preformance boost?
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post #26 of 29
12/8/09 at 4:36pm
No...
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post #27 of 29
12/24/09 at 11:22am
Something is not right with your setup. I am getting more than 100 fps in RE5 on max settings with my Dual ATIs on the M17x.. or maybe I missed something...
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post #28 of 29
12/24/09 at 11:52am
mine?
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post #29 of 29
12/24/09 at 5:48pm
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mine?
No your setup looks amazing ... I was referring to the guy who started this thread... I am also very new to the Alienware scene and have never overclocked.... the thread in your sig helped me install the 9.12 catalyst driver with the mobility modder.. thanks... with the new drivers this machine rocks... will be overclocking in the near future...
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