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    Video card upgrade

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by swimscl, Jul 8, 2010.

  1. swimscl

    swimscl Newbie

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    Can I install an nvidia quadro fx 3800m video card in my Asus g73. i have the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870?
     
    swimscl, Jul 8, 2010
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  2. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    I don't think so, since the G73 has a reversed MXM port.
     
    Chastity, Jul 8, 2010
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  3. HeavenCry

    HeavenCry Notebook Virtuoso

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    1) I doubt that the bios would support it - i dont see why Asus would add support for a card that will never be sold in their system.
    2) The chips and coils on the gpus are positioned differently, actually the cards arent even the same size, so the heatsink probably couldnt properly cool the fx 3800m.
    3) The fx 3800m is a 100w gpu, while the mobility 5870 is a 65w gpu, so the g73jh probably also couldnt provide enough juice for the quadro card.

    Sorry, but you should forget ever upgrading a g73jhs GPU...
     
    HeavenCry, Jul 8, 2010
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  4. smile_gerard

    smile_gerard Notebook Evangelist

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    Why not just wait and hope ati come up with a FireGL card that uses the same card as the 5870? Its always been known that the radeon and firegl cards were more or less the same. The difference was in the drivers. Currently there's is no Firegl version of the 5xxx cards. So we can hope ati makes them and we could use the softmodded drivers. I used to do it on my old radeon cards. There's a lot of info on this at "guru3d"
     
    smile_gerard, Jul 8, 2010
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  5. dark_nerd

    dark_nerd Notebook Consultant

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    so it is possible to change the G73 video card when a suitable one comes into production?
     
    dark_nerd, Jul 9, 2010
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    I have one question, Why?
     
    IKAS V, Jul 9, 2010
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  7. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    Well, if a suitable one comes into production, don't you think BY DEFINITION that it's suitable?
     
    DCx, Jul 9, 2010
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