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    660M in Clevo

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by philiphan, Oct 28, 2011.

  1. philiphan

    philiphan Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry for making a thread regarding a silly question, but here goes:

    Will it be possible to retroactively install a GTX 660M on the P170HMx or is it too early to tell?
     
    philiphan, Oct 28, 2011
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  2. reishin

    reishin Newbie

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    Some info revealed it is highly possible, but there are still several months to wait.
     
    reishin, Oct 28, 2011
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  3. Larry@LPC-Digital

    Larry@LPC-Digital Company Representative

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    ^^^^ Yes it is way too early to know this. :)
    _
     
    Larry@LPC-Digital, Oct 28, 2011
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  4. Prema

    Prema Your Freedom, Your Choice

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    Prema, Oct 28, 2011
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  5. philiphan

    philiphan Notebook Consultant

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    So say it will be possible to upgrade it *knocks on wood*, will it be something a normal user could do? (Never opened up a laptop before) or will I have to send it in to someone more proficient?
     
    philiphan, Oct 29, 2011
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  6. Eivind

    Eivind Notebook Evangelist

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    If all you need is the card (and heatsink), its easy peasy to do yourself.
     
    Eivind, Oct 29, 2011
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  7. philiphan

    philiphan Notebook Consultant

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    Lovely. Can I use my existing heatsink or will I have to get a new one?
     
    philiphan, Oct 29, 2011
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  8. b0b1man

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    We need to wait and see....probably new heatsinks will be required.

    Also, if you do the upgrade yourself, be sure to put some dentist gloves on, work slowly and carefully and buy a good cooling paste to put on the new videocard! Cooling paste is very important.
     
    b0b1man, Oct 29, 2011
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  9. Patrck_744

    Patrck_744 Burgers!

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    Dentist gloves get a lot static electricity. :p
     
    Patrck_744, Oct 29, 2011
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    1341 Notebook Guru

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    @2011-10-21，in China JiangSu province KunShan city ,
    some invited fans and resellers was going to CLEVO's oem factory (named 凯博：Kapok)

    Clevo said something about next-gen of machine and GPU tech .

    in Chinese bare-bone bbs , some local（KunShan or ShangHai） player visited the meeting .
     
    1341, Oct 29, 2011
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  11. b0b1man

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    Damn, absolutely right - forgot about that. But there have to be some kind of gloves if you dont wanna get fingerprints all over the place. I know how greasy the fingers of excitement can get and getting ridd of these fingerprints is usually very hard work and involves loads of cotton pads... :eek:
     
    b0b1man, Oct 29, 2011
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  12. hotblack_desiato

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    Will I be able to upgrade to a future nvidia card if I have an amd one currently? Is it just a heatsink difference?
     
    hotblack_desiato, Oct 29, 2011
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  13. ownasaur

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    I heard the mobos are different for nVidia/AMD chips. You may upgrade but to a compatible AMD chip
     
    ownasaur, Oct 29, 2011
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  14. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    That should not be right. To my knowledge, people have replaced the GTX 280M with the HD Mobility Radeon 5870 in the D900F back in the day. I could be wrong, but they all use the MXM 3.0b board, so it should be all compatible...
     
    D2 Ultima, Oct 29, 2011
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  15. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    Yes make sure you get the heatsink that is designed for the new video cards. It is rare that you can just use your existing heatsink on the new card.

    The bottom line is get a upgrade kit (this includes the card the heatsink and new screws) :)
    _
     
    Larry@LPC-Digital, Oct 29, 2011
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  16. ownasaur

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    I asked a couple resellers recently and that is the info I got... it would be wise to check with them if you're planning to upgrade chips from one company to another.
     
    ownasaur, Oct 29, 2011
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  17. bonnie.clyde

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    I exchanged the HD6970M card for GTX580M (in P150HM). Both heatsinks are almost no different, except for a single lot number.
    Everything works perfectly.
     
    bonnie.clyde, Oct 30, 2011
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  18. Eldaren

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    If I'm not mistaken, that only applies in the P170HM model. Even then I think a bios update should fix that problem.
     
    Eldaren, Oct 30, 2011
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  19. Kevin

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    Well then I hope AMD's next chips are available as well...
     
    Kevin, Oct 30, 2011
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  20. Eldaren

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    I'm sure they will. Might have to wait a bit longer for the 7970 though.
    Hopefully the 28nm chips from both Green and Red will be 75w. Wishful thinking?
     
    Eldaren, Oct 31, 2011
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  21. DropZite

    DropZite Notebook Geek

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    I got this from the MSI forum.

    There's 2 new Nvidia drivers posted on laptopvideo2go.com

    285.64 and 285.69

    NVIDIA Windows Vista / Windows 7 (64 bit
    DriverVer = 10/25/2011, 8.17.12.8569
    NVIDIA_DEV.0DEF.01 = "NVIDIA N13P-NS1-A1"
    NVIDIA_DEV.1058.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 610M"
    NVIDIA_DEV.105A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 610M"
    NVIDIA_DEV.1213.01 = "NVIDIA N13E-GS1-LP"
    NVIDIA_DEV.1247.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M"
    NVIDIA_DEV.1247.02 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
     
    DropZite, Oct 31, 2011
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  22. MadRocker

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    There was rumors that ticked a lot of NV fans off about NV going to first release the junk or lowest end 600 desktop and 6**m series and later once they get good bins release the mid to high end cards. They have major issues with manufacturing currently and optimal bins.

    That would explain the junk 610m ~ 640m listed. Maybe they are for the new Apple laptops, I doubt anyone in their right mind would use anything below 650m in their low end gaming laptops. Only Apple would.

    Could not get any good info about the amd7***m cards. Everyone expects the 7070m or 7090m to be available closer to march / ivy bridge time or just after for summer 2012.

    With Thailand under water and hd's / other parts from there not being delivered gpu progress might slow down somewhat.
    Asus runs out of hd's in end of Nov 2011. So it is a mad rush to move fabrication and source needed parts for manufacturing.

    Even if NV / AMD get good bins it will have to wait for the rest of the parts and delay testing but might results in actual decent card this time round r a more mature product. :D

    Make sure you stock up on hd's.
     
    MadRocker, Nov 1, 2011
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  23. Kevin

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    I might be willing to wager, that any 600M currently listed in the driver package is going to be a rebrand.
     
    Kevin, Nov 1, 2011
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  24. DropZite

    DropZite Notebook Geek

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    Rebrand of what?
     
    DropZite, Nov 1, 2011
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  25. Mr_Mysterious

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    The previous generation

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Nov 1, 2011
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  26. DGDXGDG

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    ofcourse, gtx660m is a 28nm based oced 580m(stock clock may close to gtx560ti and might have core 1ghz potential) and up to 4gb gddr5 :D
     
    DGDXGDG, Nov 1, 2011
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  27. Enpatsu

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    Has anybody confirmed that Nvidia next gen mobile GPUs will used Kepler or not? If they are still Fermi based I think I have to wait for the 700m +_+.
     
    Enpatsu, Nov 2, 2011
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  28. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    I think at CES here in Las Vegas in January we will learn s lot more about the next release. ;)

    -
     
    Larry@LPC-Digital, Nov 2, 2011
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  29. Eldaren

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    Unless they do a 28nm Fermi chip I think you are in the clear. Word on the interwebs is that it will be a die shrink.
     
    Eldaren, Nov 2, 2011
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  30. acroedd

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    its gonna be 28nm die shrink,I also think kepler, lets see how AMD does their 28nm I do think 75W high end gpus are still wishful thinking, lets see :)
     
    acroedd, Nov 25, 2011
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