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    9280 280m Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by washy212, Sep 29, 2011.

  1. washy212

    washy212 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone!! Sager 9280, I7-950, 280m. What are my reliable GPU upgrade options?
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Hmmm just about anything? 460m, 560m, 6970m, 6990m, 485m, pretty sure they will all work. :)
     
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    washy212 Notebook Consultant

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    I talked to sager and the only thing option they gave me was the 480m for $850. That cant be my only option can it?
     
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    To the best of my knowledge, no one has been able to get the 485M to work in this one. For nVidia the 480M is the highest performing GPU to work in this machine.

    I heard that some have found a special bios so that the AMD 6970M will work. You might try google to search for it. It is NOT backed by your warranty though, if you still have it... :)

    _
     
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    washy212 Notebook Consultant

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    I have been looking for places to buy the 480m but i am at a loss.
     
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    there is a 480m on ebay $420.........
    currently doing exp on gf110 modded 480m with expert, its bios needs some tweak(id,mc....etc) to light up, if success it should be on par with 485m :D
    [​IMG]
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Sorry, shame Clevo is up to their funny business with MXM support for all the 3.0 laptops :(

    When someone gets hold of the MXM 3.0 spec we will probably be able to get it to support anything.

    Where did you get that?

    It looks a lot like some 470m I had.
     
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    DGDXGDG Notebook Deity

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    btw you have to buy dedicated heatsink(both cpu+gpu)to fit 480m in d900f

    你的是內部研發用的工程版吧,我是直接把GF110(GTX580)核心BGA上去的......後來已把IHS撬開
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    LOL

    I think I understand. What connections do you have with people at Clevo over there in Taiwain?
    Or is the MXM manufacturing separate?

    Anyway thats really awesome business, lately it seems there are more possibilities with architectures like this.

    The translation kept coming up with "hair" for some word.

    But my question, why the gf110? Why didn't you try to make a 2gb 256bit gf114 card? Maybe I misunderstood, and no one made it by hand.

    Are we going to see the retail OEM version of this card, like 585m maybe? :D
     
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    DGDXGDG Notebook Deity

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    no, clevo ignore me every time and say go to your retailer lol :D :mad:
    i just buy gf110 375 a1 and sent to hsinchu workshop with 480m, let them bga for me
    "2gb 256bit gf114 card">>>this is exactly the gtx 580m....
    im making 512sp card since quadro 5010m only got 384sp
     
    DGDXGDG, Sep 30, 2011
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