alienware m18x r2 with gtx 1080m

can i upgrade alienware m18x r2 gpu to gtx 1080m?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

Condition:

Used, Tested, 100% Working well



Model:

GTX1080M 8GB Video Card


Compatibility：

DELL：M6700，M6800，M7710;

Alienware：M17X R4，M17X R5，M17X R6，M18X R2，M18X R3;

HP：8760 8740w 8770w;

MSI：16F2，16F3，16F4，1761，1762，1763，16L1，GT60，GT70，GT72，GT80;

Clevo：P150EM，P170EM，P150SM，P150SM-A，P157SM，P157SM-A，P170SM，P170SM-A，P177SM，P177SM-A，P370EM, P370SM，P370SM-A，P375SM，P375SMA, P570WM，P751ZM，P751ZM-G，P750ZM，P750ZM-G，P770ZM，P770ZM-G，P751DM，P751DM-G，P750DM，P750DM-G，P770DM，P770DM-G，P870DM，P870DM-G

 

If this guy who sells them really think it will work on 8770W - then no...

 

Could work, but you will have to fabricate your own heatsink.

You will have to use SG mode, Pascal is eDP only and you have an LVDS display, so you will need the intel HD to drive the display.

 

better off buying an HP RTX3000/4000/5000 than this card

 

Agreed, but most people arent comfortable with soldering on a vBIOS chip, though maybe someone local can take care of that.

 

these already have a vbios chip soldered from factory

 

Ah, thats news to me. Thanks

 

The only issue is that you need a little bit of heatsink modification but not as far as this msi 1080, gpu hole are offcenter a bit comparing to regular card

 

For most its enough to quit right there as they means desoldering the plate and repositioning. Not a huge endeavor but most people tap out when it comes to baking your heatsink.