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    Buying a new AMD 5870m

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by nukyew2, Aug 12, 2014.

  1. nukyew2

    nukyew2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    As the title suggests: I would like to buy an AMD 5870M to swap into my G73JH. New or used - doesn't matter to me.

    My question is: Where might I find a place to buy one? I've checked ebay and there are dozens of listings for this GPU but I'm not sure which one is the right one. Some of them say "Alienware M17X" but I'm not sure if that's the correct GPU.

    Thanks very much for your time.
     
    nukyew2, Aug 12, 2014
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  2. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    You need a Asus 5870M... It is an inverted MXM cards so the Alienware ones won't work..
     
    TomJGX, Aug 12, 2014
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  3. jmhdj

    jmhdj Notebook Evangelist

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    It is not inverted but asus modified board. That said you can use other vendors 5870m with necessary heatsink mod to fit over standard mxm board as asus one is not completely standard. And if I am right it need driver modifying to be able to install on non asus 5870m as hardware ids are different from original asus 5870m.
     
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  4. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    It's not a simple process as pointed out but doable.

    Since it's an asus specific part it can be hard to come by.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 12, 2014
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