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    Any place where I can buy 8800 or 9800 other than AW

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by findvikas, Dec 6, 2008.

  1. findvikas

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    I am planning to upgrade from 8700 but AW price is stopping me, I am dead sure that aftermart it would be quite cheap. Is there any place, preferably online, where I can buy it for my m15x.

    I do not need my warranty, anyways I am not getting any international warranty. So I does not care if it gets null & void.
     
    findvikas, Dec 6, 2008
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  2. jjcore

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    Isn't the graphics card soldered on to the mobo?
     
    jjcore, Dec 7, 2008
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  3. MAG

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    Not on the m15x or gaming notebooks in general.
     
    MAG, Dec 7, 2008
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    GPUs connect via MXM slots, and those aren't soldered. :)
     
    whizzo, Dec 7, 2008
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  6. Pete- 7r0jan

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    I've been looking at this too,
    You have to remeber that you need a heatsink to match the card.

    Alienware told me that they supply the new heatsink with the 9800

    Has anyone already upgraded?
    If yes what is the differnece between the old and new heatsink?
     
    Pete- 7r0jan, Dec 7, 2008
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  7. whizzo

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    i've got two 8800m-gtx heatsinks, and would be willing to sell one if either of you is interested. both are in perfect working order.

    send me a PM if you're interested.
     
    whizzo, Dec 7, 2008
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  8. Pete- 7r0jan

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    thanks for the offer whizzo,
    Before I say yes or no... i think findvikas should have first refusal just to be polite.

    also i'll have to find an 88 card.

    cheers,
    pete.
     
    Pete- 7r0jan, Dec 7, 2008
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  9. whizzo

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    i daresay various Clevo resellers will be glad to sell you a 9800m-gts or even -gtx (now that would be an experiment :D).
     
    whizzo, Dec 7, 2008
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    just found this on ebay:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Nvidia-8800M-GTX-MXM-graphics-module-for-laptops-NEW_W0QQitemZ290282340942QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item290282340942&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

    thought it might interest those amongst you looking to upgrade to a better GPU for a great price.
     
    whizzo, Dec 12, 2008
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  11. findvikas

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    thanks Whizzo... thats still getting out of my budget

    Thanks to rfransis my machine was able to play all the current game I have with nice graphics. I just OCed the 8700 and reached 6800 from earlier 5300 3d06 score :)
     
    findvikas, Dec 12, 2008
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  12. whizzo

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    shame. at any rate, pete-trojan asked, and the seller will only ship USA/Canada :)

    mind you, that's a pretty nice OC you got there, vikas. just the GPU?
     
    whizzo, Dec 12, 2008
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  13. findvikas

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    Yep just the GPU, CPU is fine for me.

    shipping is not a problem, I have a global footprint :)
     
    findvikas, Dec 12, 2008
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    Well on the M17X the GPU/Fan/Heatsink are soldered are in one unit. Basicly the fan on top under it is the heatsink and gpu and heat spreader on the bottem. So please dont try to upgrade them out side of Alienware. On the M17X. The GPUs are not mounted to the motherboard. They are like desktops gpu that plug in.

    So if you order two 9800gt for the M17X and you get two gpu and no fan. It best to ask questions before you do anything.

    Most laptops fans are on the bottem then heatsink and gpu and a heat spreader on top.
     
    AtolSammeek, Dec 13, 2008
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  15. whizzo

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    it is no problem to upgrade the GPU on the m15x, trust me. very simple to "unblock" and remove it, and then reverse the procedure with the new GPU.
     
    whizzo, Dec 13, 2008
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    Meh, the GPU OC does create a very significant improvement; I still wich I could find a way to OC the CPU... Just a tiny little push. :) Any Ideas?
     
    RFrancis, Dec 13, 2008
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  17. findvikas

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    You dont need CPU OCed atleast for most of the games. It is better if you have any CPU intensive application... bruteforce applications for instance.
     
    findvikas, Dec 13, 2008
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    ahem... do you read minds or something when you made the brute force comment?
     
    RFrancis, Dec 13, 2008
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  19. findvikas

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    great minds think alike... :)
     
    findvikas, Dec 13, 2008
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    would i see a bigg difference between the 8800M GTX and the 9800?
     
    hifiman72, Dec 15, 2008
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  21. findvikas

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    i guess they both are same... may me some cosmetic difference but they are same
     
    findvikas, Dec 15, 2008
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  22. AtolSammeek

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    I would say Name change that is the biggest differnce
     
    AtolSammeek, Dec 15, 2008
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    Would the clevo card even work in our m15x's. I would think that only alienware supplied 8800m's would work since the vbios between the two cards would be different
     
    bhattsan, Dec 15, 2008
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    vbios can be upgraded, you can take the vbios of other ppl using 8800 with their m15x and import that using nvflash
     
    findvikas, Dec 15, 2008
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    yep. should be compatible.
     
    whizzo, Dec 15, 2008
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    whizzo, Dec 21, 2008
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