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    5935g and..... 7970m!?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Meaker@Sager, Jul 13, 2012.

  1. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Well it booted and let me flash the bios but the rest you guys might have to figure out!
     
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    Are you putting a 7970m in an acer 5935g?
     
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    yes he is.

    Upgrade gpu

    Like a Bausss
     
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    Haha, not as a permanent solution ^-^

    I wonder if a 660M would behave itself and fit with a bit of work....
     
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    true enough, though if you had a broken screened 5935g or wanted to build a cheap and extremely small lanbox. on a side note Meaker would you happend to have any quadro fx 3700ms lying about :>
     
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    Nope, 7970M, 680M (soon), 4650 and 4570.
     
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    :) guys could you tell me what is best video card that could be installed into 5935g, thank you!
     
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    AMD FirePro M4000 (PR80-C).
     
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