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Alienware Area51m 7700 video module

by adam2565 Jun 24, 2009 2:17AM PDT

five years ago i bought this alienware computer with the main purpose of being able to upgrade a lot of the components in it later in the future. i am now trying to run sims 3 and it works fine for about 20min before my computer tells me my video card stooped functioning properly. it is using a ati mobility radeon 256mb video card. which to my belief meets the minimum system req for the sims 3. but in any case i was looking to possibly upgrade the video card but i cant find any. but I am curious to if there is any at all, and what is the best possible one that i can get

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Ask it's current maker.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 24, 2009 3:08AM PDT

Dell bought them up so check there.
A search like http://www.google.com/search?q=Alienware+Area51m+7700+video+module finds some claiming to have the cards however I'd avoid the 8600.
Bob

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Clevo

by JonTitor Jul 10, 2009 10:27AM PDT

Back before Dell bought Alienware, they didn't make their own designs, they just modified Clevo laptops. the 7700 is a version of the Clevo D900, which depending on which exact version, it will support MXM Type-3 or Type-4 graphics cards, perhaps even in SLI. In either case, you definitely should be able to get some kind of upgrade.

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