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    "Z70VA", Does anyone know if a "GeForce Go 7800 GTX" will work on this thing???

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by D00m-chIld, Jan 28, 2006.

  1. D00m-chIld

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    Hi everyone,

    I don't know much about laptops, but i saw this laptop for say at $1500. Comes with 2 gigs of "kingston ram" and 2.1 gig processor.

    I asked the seller he says this laptop supports the latest "GeForce Go 7800 GTX". I done some research and figured this laptop is about a year old. So can it really take a 7800?

    If anyone can tell me more about this laptop that would be great.
     
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    Darkforce5782 Notebook Consultant

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    The ASUS Z70VA is sold with the ATI X700 and I don't think it will even take a Geforce. Even if it could, the 7800 GTX would generate way too much heat, the z70va 15.4" case would not be able to handle it.

    I think that you might be referring to the Z81sp model which comes with a 6800 MXM III in it and in the future, you might be able to upgrade it to a 7800 GTX.

    The Z81sp would be the only notebook that might be able to take a 7800 GTX without too much trouble since the case is well designed to handle the 6800 in a 15.4" case. The only other 15.4" model that has a 6800 in it is a Sager model which has been discontinued.

    I don't think that there are any 15.4" notebooks that have a 7800 GTX in it.
     
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  3. D00m-chIld

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    Well then that mean that ****hole was screwing with me...

    I knew it can't handle a 7800...

    Real thanks, he is an Ebay seller...................
     
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    DF5782 marked the spot.

    Nowadays, there are only a handful of laptops which can use the 7800GTX...
     
    coriolis, Jan 28, 2006
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  5. D00m-chIld

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    DF5782? What is that?

    Ok, so we are saying that the Z70VA can't take a 7800GTX right?
     
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    off the top of my head, the only notebooks that can use the 7800 are dell's 17" xps, sager 17", and i think a couple boutique rigs.

    if the notebook comes with an ati card, there's no way you can upgrade to an nvidia card.
     
    drumfu, Jan 28, 2006
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