MXM gpu upgrade kit for a ThinkPad P70?

Hi! Do you know where i can find a mxm gpu upgrade kit for a ThinkPad P70?
Nvidia quadro p3000/p4000/p5000?


here there aren's pascal quadro cards
http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/p...d-p-series-laptops/thinkpad-p70/20er/{}/parts

 

I guess it's whitelisted for Maxwell Quadro's only.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkP...ill-P70-support-Lenovo-OEM-P5000/td-p/3581982

 

Thanks for this link! I think that this Lenovo policy is totally non sense

 

Well, it makes sense from their perspective as they entice you to upgrade the whole laptop rather than just the GPU. Plus, if the GPU dies, the MXM allows them to replace just the GPU and not the whole mobo, so win-win for them.

But, from a consumer's perspective, the MXM is pointless as not only you can't upgrade the GPU with e.g. a gaming card, but you can't even upgrade it with a newer generation GPU FROM Lenovo. You can just upgrade the GPU with a current generation one from Lenovo (which cost a pretty penny).

Given the useless MXM slot, for a consumer it would make more sense if they soldered the CPU and GPU on the mainboard and made the whole thing thinner and lighter then.

 

They could have their perspective and I have my wallet

If I buy/pay for a really expensive workstation with a MXM upgradable GPU, I pretend a MXM upgradable GPU. It shoud be upgradable for at least one generation mXXXm -----> PXXX, better two generations IMO


Dell policy is better
-Alienware m17x r4 with Quadro P5000 http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/quadro-p5000-with-m17x-r4.800489/

-Precision M6700 with Gtx980m http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/dell-m6700-with-gtx-980m-upgrade-windows-10.789235/page-2

-Precision M6700 with Quadro P5000 https://forum.51nb.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1756247
https://www.chiphell.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1743402

Successful MXM GPU Upgraded Laptops
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/successful-mxm-gpu-upgraded-laptops.805136/

 

Yes, of course, I'm not countering that.

I also have a 980M running on my M6700 and might upgrade to a P5000M if I ever find a good deal on it. Perhaps P4000M might be a cheaper alternative if it overclocks well enough to reach 1070 performance.

 

this is a list of parts for a P71
https://it-parts.ru/data/uploads/590b2a4fbc979.pdf

these are Video cards
01AV353 N MXM,N17E-Q5-A1,NVIDIA
01AV354 N MXM,N17E-Q3-A1,NVIDIA
01AV355 N MXM,N17E-Q1-A1,NVIDIA
01AV356 N MXM,N17M-Q3,Bitland

 

Pascal Quadro cards for a lenovo P71

M620 https://lenovo.encompass.com/item/11422393/Lenovo/01AV356/Lenovo_Part_01av356

P3000 https://lenovo.encompass.com/item/11422700/Lenovo/01AV355/Lenovo_Part_01av355
P4000 https://lenovo.encompass.com/item/11097627/Lenovo/01AV354/Mxm_N17e-q3-a1_Nvidia
P5000 https://lenovo.encompass.com/item/11097628/Lenovo/01AV353/Mxm_N17e-q5-a1_Nvidia

 

Nice prices.

 

1,089.70$ for a P3000

I found these fujitsu cards

Fujitsu P3000
http://www.fujitsu-ersatzteile.de/i...lsius_Mobile_H970-pId-268123366269530304.html


Fujitsu P4000
http://www.fujitsu-ersatzteile.de/i...lsius_Mobile_H970-pId-268123364269530304.html


Fujitsu P5000
http://www.fujitsu-ersatzteile.de/i...lsius_Mobile_H970-pId-268123362269530304.html


here a list of MXM Gpu Resellers
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/mxm-gpu-resellers-in-the-world.804197/

 

I'm confused?
Can a P71 GPU be upgraded?

 

yes, it uses mxm gpus

 

Well, yes and no. Yes, it can be upgraded, but apparently only with those cards Lenovo whitelists which in practice are those Lenovo OEM cards that are available for the P71 (i.e. P3000M, P4000M or P5000M). So, you can't upgrade to a Geforce card or to a newer Quadro series card (e.g. if the future releases are of compatible design) or even to a compatible Quadro card from another OEM (though if this whitelisting is based on the vendor and hardware ID's in vBIOS only, these MIGHT become hackable; might because the Pascal vBIOS is encrypted and still isn't cracked I think).

On the other hand, it has a TB3 port (or two of them), so using an external GPU for upgrade should be possible.

 

Unfortunate; I'd really like to be able to put an AMD card from the same generation (W7170M) into a P70.

 

some news from Eurocom
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...a-precision-m7710.804833/page-3#post-10590681

did you test clevo p750dm2?

thanks for these infos
I know that MSI 16L13 uses also a MSI gtx1060 mxm 3.0b. Does P5000 work with tornado f5 ?

wow! those P2000/P3000 for tornado f5 are awesome
what about that p3000 for a p750dm?

wow! these news are great!