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    Will GTX 260 work on G50V?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Ferlauf, Aug 12, 2009.

  1. Ferlauf

    Ferlauf Newbie

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    This is a theoretical question for ASUS notebook experts.
    What do you think? I'm curious if someone really tried this...

    The thing is that I'm thinking of changing my 9700GT, so why not taking the fastest one currently available?
    But also, I wouldn't like to spend some $300-$400 for something which might not work at all...
     
    Ferlauf, Aug 12, 2009
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    there is a possibility it might work but the cooling solution however might not work.
     
    ChinNoobonic, Aug 12, 2009
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    No.

    Well, technically maybe, but you'd have such horrendous cooling issues that you would have to massively downclock the GTX 260M.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 12, 2009
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    it works i have done it. Wen i bought my g51 i still had my g50 so i was curious and swapped cards. It does overheat though but then again it still overheats in my g51.
     
    munchkin-man, Aug 12, 2009
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    wow i wish he had this up a month ago.
     
    munchkin-man, Aug 12, 2009
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    well i guess we need to start find heating solutions. although it would not help me much. It would be a huge upgrade for the G50v owners. and for that matter so would the 9800m gs lol.
     
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    yea well then g51 has a different fan spindle but the 260m doe heat up ridiculously in some g51s. its a lotto game to see who gets that 1 in 5 laptop that has a good card.
     
    munchkin-man, Aug 12, 2009
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  9. Ferlauf

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    Thank you for your answers.
    If G50's thermal envelope is the problem, I'd rather put a 9800 GS/GTS, since I guess that 9800 GT/GXT is dissipating too much heat, also.
    Once I tried to put GeForce 6800 GT in my old Amilo 1536 and after a few weeks the card was fried...
     
    Ferlauf, Aug 13, 2009
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    The heatsink is the same as far as I remember when I did my swap dude.
     
    munchkin-man, Aug 13, 2009
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  11. Ferlauf

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    Hm, strange... I'm surprised that ASUS engineers were too "lazy" to redesign the cooling system in G51 in order to prevent overheating.
    But at least it's good to know that the card is working.
     
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    It seems asus have a knack for designing bad GPU cooling systems; G1S, C90S and now the G51. Really one would think they would learn from their mistakes and maybe save themselves having to replace thousands of peoples GPU's months down the line!
     
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    I agree, they really made the G51 cheap, but at the same time created/ did not solve some important issues as the result of it.

    Maybe they thought, that the could cut production costs, and reduce the final price of the product, but IMO in the end they will spend more money on replacing and manufacturing new 260M GTX's, than if they have used a decent cooling solution.
    Personally I would pay $100 more for the G51, if i had an effective cooling with copper heatsink, more robust GPU heatsink etc.

    But well.. it is as it is, the good side to this issue, is that we can think of new ways to cool the machine, make mods which will reduce the temps etc. It gives us the chance to discuss the issues and look for solutions which makes everything IMO more interesting.
     
    a3r0x, Aug 13, 2009
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    Actually I did. One went into my old G50VT-X1, one sold, one given to upgrade a friends VT, and I had two more left. Literally the 50vt and 51vx have the same heatsink, notches and all, and are compatible as far as the graphics card goes. Temps were the same on the transplanted G50Vt as they were on the 51 (meaning kinda high).

    The VM model is probably the same, but I dont want to make promises when I cant keep them.

    G51vx's and G50Vt's are essentially identical with a few minor changes (hate that I couldnt swap keyboards). Essentially it's kinda like how clevo changed the m860tu to the m860etu.
     
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    I'm curious... Did some of you guys try to underclock/undervolt your GTX 260?

    What were the results? Any change? Any temperature drop? Performance issues?
     
    Ferlauf, Aug 14, 2009
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    There is a 400+ post thread right on the first page that does so......read a bit....... (Look at guide in sig)
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 14, 2009
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    I'm curious. Someone mentioned that ASUS would likely be having to replace GTX260M's in a few months due to thermal problems.

    Has that happened in the past? My understanding was that since the Nvidia 8000 series, their problems with thermal cycling (and I'm not getting into tech details here - we all know them) had been resolved.

    I am unaware of any good data on electromigration (only) which would support the idea that the GPU itself (as opposed to its packaging), if kept within its thermal specs, would go bad after only a few months.
     
    kondor999, Aug 25, 2009
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    The problems only occured in the mid-tier cards. The G92's weren't affected.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Aug 25, 2009
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    That person was probably worried about the temps we're getting on the GTX 260Ms
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 25, 2009
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