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    7970M availability in UK / EU

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by arcticjoe, May 21, 2012.

  1. arcticjoe

    arcticjoe Notebook Deity

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    oh dear, looks like something went wrong and I cant see my original post. Anyhoo, i had just heard from pcspecialist.co.uk that they wont be receiving their 7970m shipment till mid June, so I'm wandering if anyone knows whether the same will apply to the whole UK / EU region?
     
    arcticjoe, May 21, 2012
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    Craken Newbie

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    Did you hear this direct from pcspecialist? their forums says they hope the delay is only a few days, but mid June would make it a 2 week delay.

    I have an order with them, and if this is true, I may cancel and go somewhere else.
     
    Craken, May 21, 2012
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  3. arcticjoe

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    yep, spoke to one of their sales reps. They said they've only just found out about the delay.. I really hope its not UK wide, as I've already sold my laptop in anticipation of 7970m release and now have nothing to game / work on.
     
    arcticjoe, May 21, 2012
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    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    I haven't heard anything.. and I've talked to quite the amount of EU resellers..
     
    jaug1337, May 21, 2012
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    Craken Newbie

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    Well, having emailed pcspecialist, it appears to be true.

    They are saying the best case is that they get them mid june, but could be even later.

    Not good news at all...
     
    Craken, May 21, 2012
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    webcrtor Notebook Consultant

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  7. Blacky

    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    It's the site of notebookguru.de . They are trustworthy.
     
    Blacky, Jun 26, 2012
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    webcrtor Notebook Consultant

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    Ok thx for the reply I will order the card with them then !
     
    webcrtor, Jun 26, 2012
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    HeavenCry Notebook Virtuoso

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    Notebookbarebone.de is also owned by the sole operator Michael Seiler who owns the more known Notebookguru.de.
    Some members had good expirience with him and some had huge problems with their transactions. If you search on these forums youll find the threads. Deal with him at your own risk.
     
    HeavenCry, Jun 26, 2012
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    Tmets De-evolving to Amoeba

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    You could ask PWN or PC specialist in the UK also. Make sure you get the modded vbios if upgrading an older HM model.
     
    Tmets, Jun 26, 2012
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  11. webcrtor

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    The modded vbios is for dual graphics right? I won't be needing that, since I'm upgrading a gx660r, which has first generation i7 without integrated graphs :)
     
    webcrtor, Jun 26, 2012
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  12. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    um no, the modded vBIOS is with gpu switching switched off in order to be able to run properly on machines without iGPU
     
    jaybee83, Jun 26, 2012
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  13. arcticjoe

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    I would recommend PWN PCS as well, - excellent service and probably the lowest prices I have seen.
     
    arcticjoe, Jun 26, 2012
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    does POWN PCS have the 7970m with the modded bios??thx!!
     
    johnnyman27, Jun 26, 2012
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    ok, before we mix things up here, this is whats important to know for HM machines:

    DELL cards wont work at all on clevo HM laptops, forget about it!

    CLEVO cards DO work, but ONLY with the modded CLEVO vBIOS which has gpu switching disabled
     
    jaybee83, Jun 26, 2012
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    upgrademonkey Company Representative

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    upgrademonkey has the 7970M and 680M in stock right now
     
    upgrademonkey, Jun 26, 2012
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  18. yoshey791

    yoshey791 Notebook Consultant

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    i got my current clevo w880cu from notebookguru.de i thought he was ruther helpful & it arived with in only a week of me ordering it ;)
     
    yoshey791, Jun 26, 2012
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    the 7970m is with the modded bios for HM series??
     
    johnnyman27, Jun 26, 2012
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    yoshey791 Notebook Consultant

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    CLEVO 7970m? whats your best price? will you take £290
     
    yoshey791, Jun 26, 2012
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    Beavy Notebook Guru

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    This made me laugh - Ebay link :D ~ 1200 $ gluck with that!
     
    Beavy, Jun 26, 2012
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    Is there any place that we can get the modded vbios(.rom) and flash it ourselves?
     
    webcrtor, Jun 27, 2012
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    do You want to buy only 7970 card?
    try to contact bluemobility in poland
    they should have available gpu right now

    BLUEMOBILITY
     
    fantomasz, Jun 27, 2012
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    is the 7970m come with modded vbios for p170hm
     
    zell4687, Jun 27, 2012
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  25. jaybee83

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    as far as i know, only sager and mythlogic offer the 7970M gpus with the vBIOS preflashed. the modded vBIOS is not available to the public yet, unfortunately. we have to wait for the first HM user to have the card in hands, then he/she could dump the vBIOS for us others to flash ourselves :)
     
    jaybee83, Jun 27, 2012
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    hay jaybee83 were did you pick up your 7970m? dous it have the preloaded moded bios ? i wont to try & see if i can get one of these to work in a clevo w880cu sager 8850 :rolleyes:
     
    yoshey791, Jul 16, 2012
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    wasn't it expensive to import it overseas to EU and pay taxes too?
     
    jaug1337, Jul 16, 2012
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  29. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    well thats the funny thing: including shipping and import taxes its still cheaper than getting it from ebay with a UK location (=no import tax to germany) and free shipping :p
    its cuz of the favorable USD - EUR exchange rate, altho it has gotten worse in the past few weeks...

    shipping with USPS was 65.75 USD and i expect the import tax to be approximately 90 USD :)

    cheers
     
    jaybee83, Jul 16, 2012
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