New NVidia GPU for G73

So, anyone know if we'll be able to swap out our ati for the nvidia in our G73's??

 

This has already been discussed a few times.
The answer is no.
Almost certainly no Bios support (no reason for it to be there), the GPU could have different dimensions (so different screw holes positions) and the heatsink will certainly be incompatible becouse the positions of the chips and coils are not the same (so the gpu would overheat and fry).

 

Booooooo!

 

why would you want the nvidia instead of the ati?

 

Curious... Some crazy tech geek may attempt this... Would it not be a similar enough bios to flash the JW bios onto a JH system (Of course some modifications may need to be done first) and "Modify" the card to fit? At this point it would more than likely be better to just get the other system, but ya never know these days lol.

 

would it be possible to swap the 5870M for a 6XXXM in the future?

 

Not sure. Leme hop into my time machine and check...


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Not trying to be a Donkey but we don't even know what the Desktop cards look/perform like, mobile chips are out of the question till sometime mid next year IMO.

 

Flashing a G73JW bios onto the G73JH would probably brick it. Just the fact that it has USB 3.0 and some other new features suggests its not the same motherboard. Sorry to burst your bubble, but why would you really want to change it for a lesser card? Mob. 5870 beats gtx 460m where it counts - real world gaming, the only edge the nvidia has is tesselation, but there even it cant provide a fluent, playable fps, so unless you like playing a slideshow in dx11 with heavy tesselation, i dont see why youd want to try cramming the nvidia card into it...

 

Plus the upcoming drivers for AMD should have some nice DX11 / Tesselation improvements

 

Damm, I was hoping you pull together your MacGyver skills and force a 460M in the JH, just to prove it like IT nerds do, that with the 460M, the JH will become slower.

 

It does have USB3.0 but being how Intel has yet to adopt 3.0, i would think it is an addition on top of the current board (NEC USB3.0 controller or something). It doesn't have to be a completely new board for something like that. Best case however would be just having the USB3.0 quit working.. Worse case = brick.

I am not saying I would try it or anything, but as with almost anything in the IT world, never say anything is impossible.

At the end of the day I would rather see a 5870M inside the JW guts instead.

 

If i at least had some proof it offered any real performance increase like it was the case with my D900F (where i changed the gtx 280m to a mob. 5870) id probably consider trying .

Theres also SiBeam and probably some other changes too... Perhaps it could work, but i seriously doubt it even if it were the same board with some added gizmos..
If someone you know does attempt it, let us know the results .

 

one can only hope

 

Ohh! I was under the impression that it was the next generation, basically one step beyond the ATI. You know, newer, better, smaller, faster etc.

I like ATi, but a lot of times I have issues with games where I need to tweak some setting on the card to get the game to work/look right. Never had those issues with Nvidia.

As a side note, my G73 is still factory settings. I haven't updated the bios or graphics drivers and have never had any of those Gsods I've seen so many others post about. Because of those posts, I have been reluctant to change anything. Learning in my old age that if it works, don't mess with it!

 

It's a sidestep. You get some, you lose some. You get the idotic PhysX which IMO is part of the reason why PC Gaming has declined (Nvidia being dicks) and you get the gimmick 3D Gaming. Gimmick because it's not 3D and it reduces game performance so much that you probably want/need a GTX 470 at minimum.

IMO AMD is on the right road for future 3D. GPGPU power is where future lies. Not Tesellation as Nvidia banked their GF100 series on. The HD5870M has almost 3X the GPGPU power of the 460M.

John Carmack and the future of 3D and why Tessellation is not significant for the future.