Hi, I have a question. I have an Alienware M15x which I have invested a lot of time and money into. I will include the specs below:
| Alienware M15x | 15.6' WXGA Screen | Intel Core-i7 920XM (2.0Ghz-3.2Ghz) | 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR-III 1333Mhz | Seagate 600 Series 480GB SSD | ATI Radeon HD 8970M 4GB GDDR5 | Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Drive | ExpressCard USB 3.0 | Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 | Windows 7 Home Premium |
Everything seems to be working properly except the GPU. I know that this card is not designed to work for my M15x, but a lot of people have had success with the 7970M/8970M cards on this machine. Anyway, I popped the card in, installed it properly, Installed the AMD drivers and I have video. It idles at 30-35C but the problem is, when it kicks into 3D clocks....the voltage goes up to 1.075V! The stock voltage to my understanding was supposed to be 1.025V. It seems like when it wants to, it goes to 850/1250Mhz-1.025V then randomly clocks in at 900/1350Mhz-1.075V This is an OEM Dell 8970M MXM GPU and I'm assuming it has a stock vBios. What could be wrong? Would it be the vBios? If it is, would I be able to obtain or flash the vBios to use lower voltage? (Or it's designed stock voltage...) Thank's in advance!