*OFFICIAL* Alienware 15 R3 Owner's Lounge

Update: Dell sent the right motherboard this time. Back to using my Alienware again.
Update 2: Never mind. It died in its sleep.

 

After a couple more repairs and motherboard replacements, my 15 R3 is up and running. I wonder how many refurbished motherboards Dell holds for older products.

 

They have probably the shelves full if there is a known major flaw with a product. Cheaper than pushing out refurbished machines as replacement.

 

Does anyone know what the latest Nvidia driver is for the 1060? My GeForce experience is claiming it’s 446.14 but I feel that’s wrong cause the release date was 5/17/20

 

Just an FYI if anyone still has one of these, BIOS 1.10.0 has been released.
Microcode for Skylake is now on DC from D4 in the previous version.

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FYI, this BIOS update for 15R3/17R4 will also disable undervolting.

 

I still have undervolting enabled on mine but it is the 6820HK so could be treated differently been an unlocked processor.

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Is the 4K OLED screen matte or glossy and and when gaming at 1080p is there a huge difference between the other 1080p screens ?
I’m guessing being stuck at 60Hz offsets the superior contrast and brightness this screen has to offer

Moving on to the other 1080p options , 300hz vs 144hz with Gsync :

For gaming is there any noticeable difference in screen tearing with the higher refresh rate ? Obviously the Gsync screen will perform better when it comes to that aspect but will the higher refresh screen off set that ?
Haven’t really seen anyone try out both 1080p screens side by side but the 300hz 3ms seems better on paper but since I am coming from a Gsync screen and really love that feature worry that screen tearing might be more noticeable on the 300hz screen.
Thanks