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    Noob Question

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by darksoleil, Feb 4, 2011.

  1. darksoleil

    darksoleil Notebook Enthusiast

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    Apologies for the noobish question that I'm about to ask but I was wondering is there anyway I could take the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M out of my friends broken G71GX and replace the 9700 in my G50V?
     
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    holliday777 Notebook Evangelist

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    No harm in a an honest question. I would rate this as highly unlikely/borderline impossible...but perhaps one of the Inspector Gadget types around here has figured out how.

    More than likely you're dealing with different form factors/voltages, etc.
     
    holliday777, Feb 4, 2011
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    darksoleil Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the reply, it would be awesome if it could work but something tells me it would be too good to be true. Do you think a smaller upgrade would be worth it?, such as the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS which is in the g50v a1.
     
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    holliday777 Notebook Evangelist

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    I agree. Too good to be true. As for the 9700 to 9800M swap, also think you're dealing with an unworkable situation. Not sure about your specific laptop, but a lot of machines in that generation had video cards that were not removable (without some real electrical gymnastics)...and even if you could, the difference between those two cards in real world experience wouldn't be worth the trouble.

    I realize if your friend has a dead G71, you're looking at a potential free video card...but you're probably better off finding a good refurb deal on a cheap G72 or G60 if you want a performance upgrade.
     
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    darksoleil Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the advice, unless MacGyver comes up with a fix then I guess I'll be looking into refurbs on ebay
     
    darksoleil, Feb 5, 2011
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    thanks for the help, I will check out tiger direct as well
     
    darksoleil, Feb 6, 2011
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    panzer06, Feb 6, 2011
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