Would I Be Able To Upgrade The D900F GPU?

I am thinking about buying the new i7 powered laptop with the GTX 280M GPU.

I believe it is MXM.

Does this mean 2 years from now I can replace the current GPU with whatever is latest say a GTX 400M series?

 

if it still uses the same MXM and the bios supports it then yes

and the TDP is still within the right level

 

its using the latest MXM 3.0 standard.... so I can confidently say that it will have more videocards to come.

 

never kno Gophn .......as long as it took Nvidia to do the 280's .....

if you think about it ....the next GPU will be fresh and new. There are no more cards to rebrand.

the last one was the 9800m gtx soooo hopefully Nvidias new one will be actually new

 

Its just about the videocard module standard switching.

I am not caring much about the GPU cores.

Nvidia made the huge move forward for the new MXM slot that is not backwards compatible with the previous modules.

This slot is going to be the new standard as far as I am concerned.

But only time will tell.

 

yes that is good but i am just happy they finally ran out of tuff to rebrand. It mean we should see something very nice from Nvidia some time this year

 

yes that is good but i am just happy they finally ran out of tuff to rebrand. It means we should see something very nice from Nvidia some time this year

 

I am not sure if this is correct or wrong??

But, isnt there out MXM 3 Type A & Type B Slots with different capabilities like one is limited to 35TDP whereas other is on higher side limitation.

I also heard about a rumour that up coming new cards high end based on DirectX 11 specification should be categorized in MXM 4 slots because of more higher power..

What you guys say??

 

its a bit confusing but let me try to explain.

up to now, Nvidia has been using MXM Type I,II,III,IV (all of which are up to 2.x)

recently Nvidia announced the new MXM 3.0 modular design, which has only been seen in the latest Clevo D900F.

MXM 3.0:
-> Type 'A' 82x70mm, 35W TDP
-> Type 'B' 82x105mm, 75W TDP

 

So, what I get is if want future proof...I should be looking for MXM 3.0 TYPE 'B' 82x105, 75TDP supply... I believe this should be more future proof rite. Because higher end VGA will require more of TDP...

Above info was very usefull thanks a lot...

One last question please tell me whats SLI in laptop like lets say 2 x 280M...Deos it mean 2 pci slots in a laptop...Actually because I am looking to get a laptop customised but I dont know about SLI Technology heard its the best for gaming..

Thanks for reply

 

dual videocards (in Nvidia SLI or ATI Crossfire) in notebooks is similar to whats in desktops.

it consists of two videocard modules and a bridge connection (either it being a cable, through some circuit board, or even through the motherboard)

typically, SLI or Crossfire in notebooks would consist of two separate videocard modules in two separate modular slots, which is then connected with a bridge connection.

dual videocards (talking about high-end ones) will usually yield the best gaming performance over a single high-end card.
.... as long as the game supports the multi-videocard setup.