M15x 470m GTX Mod (take two)

So as all faithful members of this lovely forums know, I fried my 460m. As a new bios version has come out as well as matured drivers for the 470m GTX, it is time to give this another go. I jumped on the wagon and got me one of these cards recently. I'll update when I receive it with pictures and hopefully fully working benchmarks to follow - stock and overclocked. Then I might perhaps flash it with a newer vbois. From what I have heard, the voltage can be increased from 0.94v to 0.99v giving more OC headroom

Received and tested, still not going up to 3D Clocks Whyyyyy?!?!?

 

Good luck with the project! Hope it be success as the 6970m.

 

Cool!! Looking forward to see your work!! Though I'd wait with the vbios and first try modding the original from your card (unless you're really sure that the modded one you have is originally the same as the one from your card)

 

Yeah good point. I'll do that instead.

 

wow awesome. wish you have better luck with it then i had with it.

 

Good Luck, can't wait for the results Where did you get it from? $$?

 

in my machine the 470m run at 0.94v

this is a good card and good luck

 

Dare I say this but Im about to deploy so with a little extra cash to play with what do people think about a M15x with a gtx 485m? Or should I just stick with the 6970m upgrade I was planning on doing?

 

The 485m is definitely a great card and I was tempted by it as well... but it's just too expensive imo for the little performance gain.

I haven't seen any trustworthy numbers about the power draw, but ii may be even higher than the one from the 6970m... and just look at the huuuuuge die, the card will run pretty hot

I'd love to see someone trying it, but I don't think it's worth paying the extra money... just my 0.02.

Back to topic, I really hope widezu69 will be successful, the 470m seems to be a great card and also has some nice OCing abilities afaik. Good luck!!

 

I too was going to check out the 485m but it looked impossible. That die is almost bigger than the copper area of the M15x heatsink so heating would be a problem. Anyways still waiting on things. Royal Wedding etc may have slowed the shippings and it is a weekend.

 

The large die size would actually improve cooling compared to a smaller die with the same total heat output.

 

no, but what he is saying is that the die is larger than the copper piece on the heatsink, so it would probably cause problems when it was in contact with the thing next to it(what is next to it? I forgot.)

 

They said "almost" bigger, which means it would still make contact.

 

Sorry about going offtopic but I was wondering what is the price for a 470m?
Thanks.

 

$560 at RJTech. That's $10 more than the 6970m.

 

$545 from Eurocom. That $5 less than the 6970m

 

Well that showed me!

 

Yeah but I don't urge anyone to get one yet until I have tested mine

 

Any word on when you will get it?

 

Not yet maybe this week maybe next. But I'll keep everyone posted.

 

Good luck mate, looking forward to hearing how it works out!

 

Camping here for good news

 

Yeah should be here by next week. Don't get your hopes too high though.

 

Is there some reason for the way you write the names incorrectly?

It's GTX 470M, GTX 460M

 

Oh please... everyone knows what he's talking about. You don't seriously expect an explanation, do you?

There are about 10k more posts to which you can reply asking "Why do you say 5850? That's a desktop card..." Or "It's called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850, not 5850m..." Lol, come on...

 

haha who cares about the name we just wanna see if this baby works in an m15x

 

lmao@ kevin I actually laughed out loud. you're probably high when u said that so ill cut u some slack.

 

If anyone really wants to know, I have OVD. Obsessive Variation Disorder, if you check all of my posts, you'll see that I change between the two frequently. I have to do this or else my balls shrivel up and I'll die.

 

Thanks for being peaceful. I'm not sure why the AW drones are in attack mode. I meant no offense in asking, it's just that I found putting GTX after the numbers... curious.

Let's move along to less argumentative discourse.

Good luck with your project.

 

Thanks. The real reason was really to do with nvidia putting the GT's and GTX's after the numbers during the 6xxx, 7xxx, 8xxx and 9xxx era and I just got used to that. But anyways moving on as suggested, parcelforce are being really slow this week for some reason. I'm hoping to have some results by the end of this week. If all goes to pot, it will be up for sale and I'm going the 6970m route.

 

how long till your card arrives?
very interested in the result.

 

Parcelforce are being really slow. The card is in the country and won't move, stuck at customs maybe. Hm...

 

Doesn't seem to be a fast card after all, lol

 

^^HAHAHAHA funny... Don't jinx it!

 

lol@pun


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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar! It's at the local depot!!!!!!

 

Best of luck!

 

'Held - Awaiting custom charges'

 

Seems like sending stuff to narnia isnt as easy as it should be..

 

^^^lol..... Narnia has Alienware rigs?

By the way, I cant wAit for you to put that baby in there and do some positive testing?

A 6970 and a 470 in a M15x is what we M15x users have been dreaming of? All the best buddy...my best wishes.

On a side note, do you guys know if this 470 or 6970 is compatible with the 3D version of M17xR3..??? I know you can customise a R3 with a 6970 but not in India..sucks doesn't it? Anyways, I've ordered a M17xR3 3D and looking to put a BEAST of a card in it...I mean a 460M is a good card but I've already used it to it's full potential and it's getting boring these days. let me know of you guys have any info ok?
Cheers.

 

No the 6970 can't be used with the 3d screen. People have gotten the 485m to work but with no luck getting 120hz.

Edit: It's coming tomorrow!!!! I have an exam at 10am BST so will do the testing afterwards and post results.

 

AFAIK the 6970 is not a 3d card? Or am I mistaken?

 

So, can I use a 485M and still retain 3D..??? Sorry if I'm going off-topic from the thread.. bear with me...

 

No you can't sorry if I wasn't clear the 485m works fine in the M17x R3 but the screen is stuck at 60Hz, you need 120Hz for 3D. Plus the fan control wasn't working but that doesn't matter though with the newest versions of HWInfo.

 

Thanks for the info dude...appreciate it. Seems like I'm stuck with a 460M at the moment...well, looking forward to frag some people in 3D..!!!

 

It is interesting though because Clevo have just released their P170HM3 with a 485m and a 3D screen. Plus if you search 485m on the Dell site, you get M17x R3. I'm gonna get me a new lappy in a few months and I'm banking on that (if there is any shread of truth in there)

 

may the gpu gods be with you, widezu

 

^^lol....
but i do hope everything works out for u widezu

 

So I got it, put it in, power drain etc, no 3D clocks still

 

Which drivers do you use?

Edit: And rep for doing this ... as soon as I can rep you again, lol.