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    G73JH compatible HD7970m and or HD8970m?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by cdoublejj, May 3, 2015.

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    G73JH compatible HD7970m and or HD8970m? sorry to ask again. i've been away.
     
    cdoublejj, May 3, 2015
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    if i'm not mistaken it needs to be clevo but, i think a certain revision.
     
    cdoublejj, May 4, 2015
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    TnF, Aug 26, 2015
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    7970m ! and yes it should be of clevo ! btw what happened to ur 5870m? i also heared that 7970m has less span time as compared to other ati cards
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Aug 26, 2015
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    The 6990M had a limited life span, I don't think the same applies to 7970M/8970M. I owned both 7970M and 8970M and neither had any problems.
     
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    but i read that on alienware's thread ! i might be wrong thn :D
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Aug 28, 2015
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    All cards have some issues but the 69xx was the worst for AMD.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 2, 2015
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    I have what ever came with it original but, it's weak sauce. WEAK. i'd like to have ice strong GPU in it when i get it together. as i do plan on getting the 1080p screen.
     
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    i thought 7970M was one of a strongest gpu ATI ever made :D
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Sep 9, 2015
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    that's why i want to replace the weak card it came with, with an 7970m or 8970m.
     
    cdoublejj, Sep 10, 2015
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    go ahead :D
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Sep 10, 2015
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    I hope with get a strong mobile GPU from AMD with HBM next year.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 12, 2015
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    7970M has also been used for the longest time.
    7970M = 8970M = R9 M290X.
    Done via VBIOS update.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Sep 12, 2015
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    oooh wow ! o_O thanks for the info man ! didnt knew it :)
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Sep 13, 2015
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    You're most welcome. :)
     
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    I got one of the first batch of 7970M cards back in 2012, ran it with a 2740qm CPU at the time. It's amazing how much AMD are spreading the life of their chips. Pitcairn (the chip used on all the above listed cards) is getting an especially decent work out desktop and mobile.
     
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    Old trick being play over again, and each time with a different name, that's all.
    AMD better return with something new and original. :)
     
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    Nvidia can be just as bad to be fair ;)
     
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    With Nvidia doing the same thing as Intel's doing, it's hard for AMD.
     
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    Hello all, it's been forever since I was last on here. I was one of the guys early on who did the upgrade when the 7970m came out who did the mod. The card is still working great and it's been like 3-4 years already.
    I thought I had a bad mobo and after purchasing a replacement, turned out it was wasn't the mobo but was in fact the ribbon cable from the palm rest that was shorting out the board causing problems.

    But anyways, the problem with the 7970m is the 2gb ram. The 8970 may not be much faster but does have 4gb of ram. I can not run Paragon at max settings in 1080. I'm looking to upgrade my video card either to 8970m or/and from what I see, I can also go with a M290x.

    The 8970m is going for $360
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Clevo-AMD-H...601920?hash=item464d1f3680:g:6fIAAOSwKrhVcXvG

    When I search for the m290x, I see them listed as 8970m/m290x, why is that?

    Anyways I do want to do this upgrade the only issue will be having the modified vbios. I would assume I would have to blind flash again.

    Posted a picture of my current 7970m mod. https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/1026095_10200878549901454_617024116_o.jpg
     
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    Not a huge difference between the 290 ns 8970
     
    F9zSlavik, May 5, 2016
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