5870 mobility for m15x

http://www.dailydigitals.com/asus-g73jh-a1-gaming-laptop.html
Asus release a new notebook for gamers named Asus G73JH-A1 which is new generation focus for gaming. The graphic card using ATI Mobility Radeon HD5870 with 1GB of GDDR5 and technology ATI stream, DirectX 11, DirectCompute, etc.
Where can I buy a 5870 mobility? Just the graphic card...

 

The graphic card is not available for purchase yet. Check back in a few months.

 

More like check back in a few weeks...

 

For sure in a few weeks the card will be available in systems. Not sure we will see it right away as a stand alone purchase though.

Anyways, it's going to be a great card to have. Hopefully the drivers will be updated regularly.

 

catalyst is out 1 time per moth so driver is not a problem

 

will the M15x available for 5870?

 

Well once Mobility modder has been updated to incorporate out device IDs anyway.

 

Can we look for a pair of these in the 17x someday?

 

mxm2.0b? mxm 3.0?
also, there's no driver support. yet.

btw eurocom has them on the website (overpriced as always... they do price match). anyway:
1GB GDDR5 ATI HD5870 Radeon Mobility; Broadway XT; DirectX 11; MXM 3.0 Type B; 16x PCIe
697USD

 

Is eurocom reliable? Did anyone buy anything from them? Good quality?

 

Umm..IDK if you want to be a guinea pig or anything but someone associated with DELL said to hold off on buying that card from Eurocom as it may not be supported, whatever that means. I don't see why it wouldnt as it's the same MXM type but maybe he meant BIOS wise....?

 

Possibly. We don't know if it'll be compatible yet, and while it will likely use MXM 3.0b and have a max TDP of 75W, we don't know. Even if it has a TDP of 75W or under and uses MXM 3.0b (meaning it fits in the M15x), it might not be compatible-a 4870 wasn't.

Oh, and I think you mean "will the 5870 be available for M15x?".

It seems likely. They are rumoured to be releasing a refresh sometime in the coming months with new graphics cards and mobile i7.

From what I've heard of them, no. Far from reliable. Don't touch them, and there's no chance they'll even have the graphics cards yet-simply because they just aren't out yet.

 

Yes, please do not purchase EUROCOM. They are know to sale stuff that does not exist...

It's a big rip off.

 

No they are not reliable at all, some good advice is to stay away from Eurocom, check my sig if you want to know a few reasons why. Personally I would recommend for people to wait until R&J Tech has these cards in stock and then order them from there.

 

Yeah...got your message...
Anywhere else that I might find 5870 mobility?(no eurocom and rjtech)

 

they are simply the biggest clevo reseller in the world. they are a huge company and they sell loads of notebooks. all of their prices are very overpriced but they always do price match so that's not really a problem. the best thing about them is that they have a huge stock and they always get things first before the other sellers. hence it's why they have already listed the 5870.
Though there are some bad reviews about them I believe they are as good as other companies (like AW for example, which has a large complain list too). reliable? there are better sellers.
Good quality? well.. like any other seller, they don't manufacture anything... so they are as good as any other.
Would I buy from them? if they offer cheapper prices (shipping included) of course I would buy from them. if they offer the same prices as other ones I would prefer other sellers.

 

Last I heard Sager are larger than Eurocom.

 

I believe eurcom is larger then sager. but I've no data.

btw this 5870 is going to be released for an asus so I wouldn't except to be compatible with the m15x. for example, the 4870 of the asus w80p is not compatible with the M17 or M17x.

 

As long as it is in the format MXM 3.0b then it is compatible with both the M15X and the M17X.

On top of that I don't recall Asus making a W80P gaming PC but I may be wrong.

They made a W90 gaming notebook and it is MXM 3.0b compatible which means the card on the Asus W90 are compatible with both the M15X and the M17X.

Of course not with the M17 which is not MXM 3.0b compatible...

Hope this helps...

 

>.> they've said before on this forum that their idea of pricematching is not the same as what most people think. IE they lower the price by removing things from the purchase.

 

the asus was 2.1 upside down mxm

only fits asus models

 

Ok did not know that but we all agree that any MXM 3.0b graphic cards will fit the M15X and the M17X correct? They do not have to be purchased from Dell like the 7800GTX for the M170 of past...

 

you are correct

 

that's very far from the truth. being MXM 3.0b is the least of the concerns. you need the card to meet physical, thermal and electrical specifications has well as expecting no bios problems. not to mention that any proprietary formats would ruin the idea. in the asus case, the 4870pcb's were bigger then it would fit the M17x despite the fact that it was mxm3.0b.

I don't known about that. last time I checked they even lowered the price for the exactly same specifications. I just didn't bought because I ended up buying another model. but I'm not trying to defend them, I would prefer any other store, though I do like their stock, availability and offering a wide range of gpu's and such.

 

IT WAS NOT MXM 3.0b !

Also size and voltage are kept with MXM standards

MXM 2.1 will work in ANY 2.1 because it supplies the same power and fit the same sized card