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    Does Asus G1S Have A MXM GPU?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by twig, Jul 12, 2007.

  1. twig

    twig Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does the Asus G1S ahve a MxM gpu and if so what kind. Does anyone know where i can buy a wide range of 8m series gpu? Can i upgrade to a 8700m in the future?
     
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    Someone correctly me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the answer is no. You cannot upgrade it.
     
    Adamal, Jul 12, 2007
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    Also the 8700 is just an overclocked 8600 to my knowledge, so I guess you could overclock it to the the 8700 specs. although I wouldn't recommend it.
     
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    I know that the 8600m adn 8700m are the same and the difference is mainly clock speed but i dont want to risk it. Does anyone know when a 17 or 15.4 inch notebook will be at retail stores that is not a Toshiba X205? Im buying this saturday for school and i really need the bets i can get. I might wait if i should though.
     
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    Yes, the 8600mGT in the G1s is very overclockable. There are a couple of threads floating around where it was done by resellers with little to no adverse effects. If you know what you're doing, it's quite doable, and gives a nice performance gain.

    And to the OP, the Asus C90 is the one with the MXM GPU.
     
    odin243, Jul 12, 2007
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    Even thou it seems the 8600m gt could be overclocked, but I don't think I would be trying it since the idle temp for mine is 71c and goes to 86c when gaming. I really won't want to see the temp going into the 90's range or even topping into the triple digits.
     
    KiwiBoy, Jul 12, 2007
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