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    G73SW 770M upgrade possible

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by jmhdj, Oct 3, 2013.

  1. jmhdj

    jmhdj Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi. Just want to anounce to all that 770m upgrade on asus G73SW is possible :)
    I am in process of instaling video driver now, will come back with benchmarks later.
    Also I am pretty sure 780m upgrade is possible to. Not sure of heat problems though.
    770m I installed is from Dell and vbios modding is necessary to get upgrade.
     
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    But why would you do that since 680M is faster.
     
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    770M.jpg
    I like exploring new things :)
    Screenshot from HWInfo
     
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    And you've got time and money to kill. :p
     
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    Yeah I find time to play with my toys :). I got 770m realy cheap. Completely new but just bricked so I didnt think twice. Running 3dmark11 benchmark now.
     
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    770M.jpg

    3DMark11 at Stock clocks. 179 watt max peak from socket.
     
    jmhdj, Oct 4, 2013
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    That's nice, now do the overclocking. :D
     
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    Will do , will do sir :)
     
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    Charger.jpg
    I just recieved new 230w charger :)
    When it is installed then OCing can begin.
     
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    The 770M is a lot cheaper than the 680M while being a lot easier on the power side, a good option IMO.

    It looks like the 770M is working well on all dGPU only platforms.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 5, 2013
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    I already have 680m installed but just had to see if I could get 770m to. Now I am 90% sure it is possible to upgrade G73sw With 780m to while heat fear is another case.
     
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    Hello i have a g73jw which should be similar to g73sw. Is there a guide how to upgrade from 460m to 770m?
     
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    No there is not. I am not sure if g73jw even can be upgraded no matter they are very similar thanks to asus. Also soldering is needed to reprogram vbios chip as I still havent find way to flash vbios with nvflash. It reports that I need newer version of it but I have tried them all from oldest to newest and all report same. Plus you need to mod vbios itself so gpu get recognised by laptop.
     
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    You grabbed the latest from techpowerup and it gave that error?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 6, 2013
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    Yes. Strange thing is same nvflash flash all other vbioses on same pc just fine but modded vbios for 680m wont flash. So it is to conclude that something in modded vbios cause it to be unable to flash file.
     
    jmhdj, Oct 6, 2013
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    Hmz. Well also the 770m will work on dgpu only systems but the 780m tends to not.

    The 770m does have a lot of clocking room in it.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 7, 2013
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    Do you have any photos of your GTX770M? Is it MSI GTX770M?

    Thanks a lot
     
    MondoJuan, Oct 14, 2013
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    Hi. Gpu is from Dell. It came with vbios version 80.06.60.00.01
    I can post Pictures to if you need but it does no difference as long as you know producer as they phisically look all the same.
     
    jmhdj, Oct 14, 2013
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    The 770M series seem quite happy running other vendor vbios files so if you have issues with other brands you can try the dell vbios.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 14, 2013
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    Which is heatsink you used?

    Thanks
     
    MondoJuan, Oct 15, 2013
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    Heatsink is from G73jh. You need to grind some places to avoid shorting parts on gpu.
     
    jmhdj, Oct 15, 2013
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    Just make sure once you have ground the heatsink to make sure no metal dust remains as well.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 15, 2013
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