920xm info?

hey guys. Recently I started playing grand theft auto 4 on my pc with the icenhancer mod. I get pretty decent framerates. But I was also thinking about how much of a performance boost I would get if I upgraded my 740qm to the 920xm. I'm considering upgrading the cpu for future games such as battlefield 3 (assuming it will be cpu heavy.) And alsojust to make the it faster overall. Will upgrading void my warranty? I dont really want to lose it and I'm thinking about extending it soon.

 

Yes if you replace any components that not from dell it will void your warranty,but well ....how can they find out?you just have to put it back your stock inside before you call them and don't mention anything . I did that twice already

As for the cpu , i suggest you upgrade your graphic card first

 

if i were to upgrade my graphics card wouldn't the only card better than the 5850 be the 6970?

 

well you can go with 6990 too
sv17 on the forum made a tutorial for 6990, you can look of that
if your not so familiar to hardwares then i'll suggest 6970
easier,no need to mod anything
but there will be about 10-20% performance lost

 

To keep your warranty i dont think u can upgrade to anything else but the 460m as all the newer card were never offered as an option for the m15x as for upgrading the cpu to say a 940xm from dell would be extremely expensive.....

 

If you upgrade the CPU, keep the 740 so that you can have the system covered by the warranty. The CPU however won't be covered by the warranty. Same thing goes for the GPU. Aftermarket parts are not covered, but as long as you keep the old parts, you should be good.

 

How much would a 920xm and a 6970 cost? I know there are some issues with having both so I will see if I will get one or the other.

 

Not sure about the price but I do believe there will only be problems for high benchers who will be going beyond with high overclocking. I don't see a problem (PSU or system) if a moderate 3.5GHz or 3.8GHz CPU OC with a respectable 6970m OC is used for gaming etc. Just don't go crazy and do 4.5GHz LOL.

 

^^No I run my 6990m at stock settings and even with the 920m at 2.93GHz the GPU throttles. That combo ain't good if you want to have both components OC'd at the same time.

 

So how do you run your machine widezu96? Is it either or in terms of which component gets the OC then? I would think you'd pick the 6990m OCed over the cpu any day lol.

 

I found some 920xm's for around 300 on ebay. U think those will work on my m15x?

 

I run my CPU OC'd for normal tasks and video processing, and my 6990m at stock clocks at all times unless I'm benching. The 6990m gives more than enough frames for decent gaming even in Crysis 2.

@Fancysauce, they will work without problem

 

Cool. Do u know where I can find a guide to installing the cpu?

Edit: this is the cpu I'm looking at http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Intel-Mobil...5?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_210&hash=item1c1cad3391

 

6970 es that can flash to 6990m is about $400 cheapest 700 highest
920xm es is about $200
It should be stable if both are on stock clock

 

as low as i found for a 920xm was 300. where can i find one for 200 then?

 

my roomate from hongkong,those price he told me are from china,he said he can help me get them ebay is much more expensive than those

 

sounds interesting) keep us posted please)

 

I got a new ES 920 for $275,free shipping in U.S.

 

how does the 920xm compare to the 740qm?

 

When used properly, can yield a 100% increase in performance.

 

It's an awesome CPU just as fast as a 940XM Comparing it to a 740QM is like comparing a Honda to a Corvette. Before I installed my 940 I had a 740 installed from the factory. What a difference! Even just surfing the web,pages load faster and benchmarking and gaming it is a Beast!

 

Ok then sounds like a nice upgrade for my cpu then. Is it a piece of cake to install? I always ask this because I've never taken apart my M15x before lol

 

its easy once you learn how to take your heatsink out
i forget sv17 or wid made a tutorial for graphic card be4,the cpu is just same procedure,different place,u can look for that

 

Thanks. Found it in inap's sig. Are there any extra parts that I should know about getting when buying the 920xm?

 

yes you will need one of the best thermal compound to chill it down,such as as5,liquid metal ultra(recommended,the best on the market,but make sure u dont buy the 1st or 2nd gen product,ultra is the 3rd gen,buy that one) and you'll be good

 

I don't recommend getting liquid metal as it is very conductive and also corrodes aluminium like acid to a fly's balls. IC Diamond is very good from what I have heard. 3-4C better than MX-4 which is 1-2C better than AS5.

 

after looking through some of inaps guides i'm gonna need some alcohol too. any specific kinds that you guys would recommend using?

 

Just some rubbing alcohol will do, you can get it a pharmacy, drugstore or whatever these places are called in English, it's really cheap since you don't have to pay alcohol taxes for it (they put something in it which makes it pretty impossible to drink... well you can try and you'll see what happens )

E.g. ethanol or isopropyl alcohol or similar stuff.

 

thanks guys for all your help. i'm gonna go buy the cpu very soon

 

i tot they fixed the acidic feature after the 2nd gen product?so its not true?

 

Well I think their liquid metal pad does not react badly to aluminium but the syringe stuff still does.

 

thx for the info,lucky i got pad not compounds

 

Be sure to melt it through during the burn in process.