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I recently upgraded my Alienware M17x R3 from a gtx 580m to a gtx 780m. After playing games and loving the results, I noticed frame drops. After testing, I noticed it's due to the new GPU throttling, and GPU-z reads it as a 'pwr' issue. I've taken this to mean that the power supply isn't...

All these suggestions are fantastic so I shall do all of them tonight. I can remove the GPU or disable it from the BIOS so I can do all the testing. Watch this space and I shall update you in a few house when I have finished work. If you have any ideas please don't hesitate to drop them in...

I totally agree with what you're saying. My only reservation is that the BSOD gives a fault of VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR, which comes back with a driver conflict. Should I just give up and pick up something new?

Hello everybody, thanks for taking the time to read this. I have an Alienware M17x R3 laptop with a GTX 580m GPU. The laptop runs just beautifully until I apply a load onto the GPU; At which point the driver dies and I get the Windows 10 BSOD. I've tried: Bare-bones boot (No extra RAM or...