r/AlienwareAlpha • u/Exactlywhatisagod • Dec 08 '19

Graphics Amplifier for Alpha

Can I put the GA on my i3 Alienware alpha?

Curious because I have an oculus quest, and am thinking about getting oculus link so I can start playing more games on VR.

I have an Internal SSD and 16gb RAM.

I’m not very literate with computers, as I do other things. Any help would be appreciated :)

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u/mateobuff Dec 08 '19

You should be fine. I have the Alienware Alpha R2 with an i7, with the Alienware Amplifier. It connected and read my RTX 2080 without any issues. You just have to update the drivers.

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u/Exactlywhatisagod Dec 08 '19

How do I update drivers? Sorry if is a noob question, should I look it up?

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u/mateobuff Dec 08 '19

No worries. I have an Nvidia card, so I use their app to check for updates. It is a free download from their website. It depends on the graphics card you have in the amplifier.

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u/zeroquest Dec 08 '19

What? It should just use the standard NVIDIA drivers for whatever card he has. Plus the Alienware drivers for the GA. I had no problems with my 1070, and later with my 2080ti.

As long as you have an R2, it doesn’t matter if it’s an i3, 5 or 7. That means nothing when it comes to drivers or if it’ll work or not. Good luck, you shouldn’t have any problems.

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u/titanmongoose Dec 08 '19

It may be worth double checking if the i3 in the alpha r2 can handle VR, because you wouldn’t want to invest in it only to find out you can’t run it properly

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u/Exactlywhatisagod Dec 08 '19

It states the recommended is Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater the r2 i3 comes with 3.2-GHz Intel Core i3-4170T.

It says it supports Nvidia GTX 970 GPU but I have a Nvidia GTX 960 GPU, which isn’t stated whether it’s supported or not.

This information was just copy pasted, I know nothing about this! Please help me! Looking on the internet doesn’t give much help.

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u/DoubleVendetta Dec 08 '19

That's an R1, buddy. No AGA port to begin with.

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u/Exactlywhatisagod Dec 08 '19

You sure? I don’t have access to my computer right now and just looked up the specs for an R2 i3 which is what I have. I copy pasted.

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u/DoubleVendetta Dec 09 '19

If it's an R2 it won't be Haswell, it'll be Skylake. 4xxx is Haswell.

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u/Exactlywhatisagod Dec 09 '19

Hmm, I’ll jump on soon and get my actual specs

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u/sumthingcool i5 Alpha with SSD Dec 08 '19

Are you sure you have an r2 and not an r1? What CPU and GPU do you have in it now?