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    Upgrading the FX6831

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by hydra, Jan 25, 2012.

  1. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Playing with the demo PassMark…

    For my future FX upgrades, I wanted to get an idea on how the 260M compared to my new 560M and older 9800M. I also did some comparisons with the x9100 vs my 2430i5 @2.8 turbo to get an idea what I was to expect.

    Intel may have revamped the ALUs on my i5, some of my math scores were not what I expected. The x9100’s were great.

    The 9800MGTS that came up, on the P-7805u, really stomped my 560m. The rest are 260M, by the baselines, when downloaded. Lots of x9100s found but missed any 260M/x9100 FX Gateways.

    Anyway, I expect the 9800m has fallen off the motherboard by now? Only clocks for the CPU were posted.

    Next up: gather 260M motherboards, x9100, ram, what about heat pipes and media bar from the FX 6831? ($!) Way more reading to go, no?

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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    my evaluation period expired so no go here.................
     
    TANWare, Jan 25, 2012
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