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July 11, 2014

Alienware 17 Laptop for DK2?

Hi folks, I've been holding on to this computer for about 6 months now to use as soon as I receive my DK2 - - figuring that it'd be well suited for a lightweight/portable solution while showing off DK2. Just looking for some input, but do you guys think it would suit DK2?

Specs are as follows:
Alienware 17" Laptop @ 1920x1080 (Late 2013)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU: Intel i7-4700MQ @ 2.4ghz
RAM: 16GB DDR3 @ 1600mhz
HDD: 750GB w/64gb SSD
Video: Geforce GTX780M w/4gb

Right now, my biggest concern is whether the 780M will hold up to DK2 recommended specs. Using this (I don't know how reliable or suitable this benchmark is) site:

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

, it seems to clock in the 780M at 4346 points, to the 780Ti (non-mobile) equivalents 8990 points.

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    hassifa
    Participant
    September 16, 2014
    The igx toggle was the same shortcut for me aswell, fn + f5.

    After pressing that combination, a windows msg box appears saying that the key combination was pressed, and that it needed a reboot to apply the setting.

    When optimus is turned on, when you right click on the desktop, you see both the integrated settings and the nvidia settings, but after applying the setting, only the nvidia graphics settings will appear in the right click context menu.

    I only used the supplied hdmi cable with the dk2 that went directly into the hdmi port in the AW17.

    As a side note, there was one time where the short cut didnt appear to do anything when pressed, but a restart re-enabled the setting and i was able to apply the setting i wanted.
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