M9750 + ATi Mobility 3870. Does it work?

Yeah? Anyone knows where we can buy any 3870's new! and Oh! anyone else has it on their M9750's now. Pls update your scores and realibilty!

 

Aye would be nice if anyone's come up with anywhere to get the HD3870's yet?

 

they'll be all over the place for half of nothing when the HD4870 comes out. sit tight, boys...

 

and people said the m9750 was dead...

can't wait for those cards!

 

Yeah,
I've already got mine for my M9750. Only problem is I have to wait till the 4870's come out before I take the "old" 3870's out of my M17!

 

i wish i could use just one 4870 in my notebook!

i feel if manufacturers stay on these current MXM platforms, then modern notebooks should be in luck for a while!

 

Amen!

Can you imagine the day when we'll be able to go to Newegg and have many cards to choose from and from many manufacturers. Sweet!!

 

oh stop dreaming guys.

 

hey leave us alone .... we need dreams

 

I dream it since 2001 when the mxm spec was released. we will never get rid of soldered or proprietary formats crap

 

Anyone heard anything more from AW as to whether they are any further towards "Approving" these cards for the M9750?
With the number of faulty 7950GTX's out there this could be the perfect replacement card for them

 

Hmmmm im a little confused.....so you can only get 1 3870 in? So crossfire doesnt work? If thats the case why bother? Ive got my 8700 Sli set up giving me like 8100 3dMarks in 3dMark06....

A single 3870 wouldnt do much better would it?

 

check my sig. i did better then you in single card and a t9400. and ichime said it can work in crossfire.

 

Hi thanks so the 3870 will work with crossfire? Im the first page he said:

"I couldn't test Crossfire because the M9750's heatsink physically blocked the cable/bridge connector on the card. This will be shown in the pictures I have taken, which will be uploaded soon."

And are your 3870 marks with just a single card? Will this be simirlar for the M9750?

Thanks for all the help, i just want to clarify if im going to shell out on two 3870s.

 

yes it was with a single card. you will have around the same depending on the cpu you have. and I am not sure about the crossfire cable. we have to wait for ichime to verify or pm him and tell us what he says.

 

Ichime, GREAT work but have a few questions on the procedure:

Did the 3870s slot in exactly the same as the Nvidia cards?

Will the SLi cable I have work for Xfire or will I have to get a specific X-fire cable and if so does it go into the same input as the SLi cable did?

Did you test actual game performance or just Bench them?

 

the SLI cable most definitely will not work for Crossfire - at least, I would be mighty surprised if it did.

 

I too would be surprised, and the length is different too.

 

Thanks again guys but if thats the case will a X-fire cable fit into the SLi Cable slots? If not where would they go?

 

I don't have a screw driver with me but ome one can take off the crossfire cable and take a picture of it and the board and you can do the same and a picture of your board and post them to see if they look alike.

if you buy two from someone in the forums , you can ask them to provide the crossfire cable. there is also reseller on the forum that I am sure can get you it.

 

Thanks guys the info is very much appreciated

 

Know any way of getting this card to work on an m5750? I got my card form an OCZ laptop but have had no luck. If possible could you also e-mail me your video bios?

 

did you get a slave or a master?

 

I have a Master card, haha I was at least that smart lol

 

lol. then you should be fine we have to wait for ichime to see what's up

 

the m5xxxx may be to old and the bios isn't reconizing

 

you really think thats the case. i have to look up some more because desktops don't matter i know that. so why is it different for laptop???????

i notice the sagers had to have a new revised mobo to support newer gpu as well.

 

the 1t inch clevo got a new mobo for the montevina platform ....i think its the bios which means no real way to test

 

well the cpu is different because of the fsb lift and many more features added on it even though they still fit the same way. and a chipset limitation.

 

I have a feeling my bios is simply too old but i am up for trying anything while I have the card. It seems as if a 512mb ati card simply won't work with an alienware m5xxx

 

If this ever comes to frutation:
Asus MA3850M We might be able to pull the card straight off that and install it into notebooks

 

Man these mobility HD3870 are hard to find on the net...

 

yeah they are.

 

im trying to order one and after shipping and tax its 174 $ from Alienware

 

Really? they are actually selling them?

 

Moo is an M17 owner Well he has sold it, but AW don't know that.

 

i told them artifacting and they said ill have to send it in

 

Okay, I'm shopping for these cards, but there are different versions of them. Which ones are compatible with the m9750?

http://www.ncix.com/go-HD3870X2

 

Those are all desktop cards . You will just have to wait till you find someone selling a pair on either ebay or the marketplace here.

 

You need to look for MOBILITY cards. Unlike those desktop cards they are not simply sold in shops. Some places will say it's a Mobility Radeon 3870 X2, others will say two Mobility Radeon 3870 cards, they are the same thing basically.

 

This is bull...

Won't I need the Crossfire cable as well? You'd think they'd sell mobile cards as well as desktop ones...

 

Is there any computer store that sells mobile cards? I can't find any on eBay or Newegg or anywhere else for that matter. Would Alienware have them?

 

The Mobility Hd3870's are next to impossible to obtain right now other than eBay/Alienware directly. Chances are though, Alienware direct wont sell you one.

 

Ichime,

Do you have any links (ebay, shops, other) on where to get the Xfire laptop cable? slim like the one you have...

thanks in advance...

 

I buy two hd 3870 masters and am trying to do install one for m9750.

Safe mode displays windows and usable, but normal mode is blackscreen after windows xp loading bar. What do I do now? I run windows xp sp3.

I only have one master attach to m9750 in center slot, how also do I flash master 3870 to slave? I read about it but cannot find.

 

you need a dos usb stick and a slave 3870 bios

 

Your probably going to have to run your xp disk and use the repair option, some major hardware changes don't sit well with windows. Google an "ATI flash" or something of that nature, maybe Ichime will be nice enough to send/link you the slave bios you need.

 

a couple of us would be interested on that slave bios

 

Install your old nVidia card, boot up into windows then download driver sweeper. Uninstall the nVidia drivers from Control Panel and then restart into safe mode (Tap F8 just before loading screen comes up to get the option). Run Driversweeper from safe mode checking all the nvidia options then analyse and clean them. Shut Down, reinstall the ATI card and then start up the machine XP should load correctly then. Please note even if you do flash the other master card as a slave you still need the crossfire cable as the master card drives the slave card through it and it will not work otherwise. You will also need the Vista BIOS as the XP BIOS does not support these cards in crossfire for some reason.

 

Are you trying to use the crossfire cable?. Someone correct me if Im wrong but the slave and master cards are different physically and have different crossfire connectors and the crossfire is designed to fit a master and a slave .