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    Thinkpad W530 with AMD 7970?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Comal, Jul 3, 2012.

  1. Comal

    Comal Notebook Consultant

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    Will Lenovo offer a Thinkpad W530 with AMD 7970?

    Or does anyone know if it's possible to install a 7970 in the W530? They use a miniPCI interface so it should be possible right?
     
    Comal, Jul 3, 2012
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  2. Colonel O'Neill

    Colonel O'Neill Notebook Deity

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    The GPU is soldered to the motherboard. You're probably thinking of MXM interface, and IIRC that was only available on the W70x.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Jul 3, 2012
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Yes as Colonel O'Neill pointed out, W series as of right now use soldered graphics. 7970M is a MXM card, Mobile PCI-eXpress Module, it is not compatible. Also W series is for rendering/CAD, Radeon is a gaming graphics card and will not run as well for rendering than a FirePro/Quadro.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jul 3, 2012
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