Gtx 880m upgrade

[SmugLeaf]

I’m going to upgrade to laptop from a gtx 660m to a gtx 880m.

 

But the thing is I don’t know if it’s the right size

 

The retailers that are selling there said that they are. But I don’t know if it can fit in the Alienware m17x r4

 

help pls

[Streetguru]

23 minutes ago, SmugLeaf said:

 

The laptops VRM and/or power brick might not be able to handle an upgrade. the 880 has a 3 times higher TDP than the 660M, not advisable

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-880M.107622.0.html

[Droidbot]

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m17x-r4-gpu-upgrade-help-appreciated.794901/

 

30 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

The laptops VRM and/or power brick might not be able to handle an upgrade. the 880 has a 3 times higher TDP than the 660M, not advisable

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-880M.107622.0.html

OP can easily upgrade to a 240W power brick. That is not a problem.

The VRMs can certainly handle it - this machine actually scales up to 680M which uses as much power from that generation. There is two heatsinks - one for low wattage chips like 660M and one for 100w+ like 780-880M.

 

You may need a modded BIOS to boot with the new GPU though, OP.