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    Clevo P170EM with Clevo 880m GTX needs inf mod??

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by johnbb, Aug 21, 2018.

  1. johnbb

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    Hi all,
    I have an old Clevo P170EM with 7970m and I got a 880m GTX 8GB (comes from P370SM) that I wanted to install.
    Drivers would not work unless I mod the .inf on the driver.
    My Clevo has the latest stock BIOS (1.02.17) and EC Firmware (1.02.12).
    Any advice ?
    Thanks a lot.
     
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    Yeah it needs infmod, u'll have to live with that.
     
    Danishblunt, Aug 21, 2018
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    Ok thanks for the answer. I just needed a confirmation.
     
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    I don't like being the bearer of bad news... but it is not possible to get the 880m working in a EM system .. I would very much like someone to prove this wrong . I have 2 x 880m that only work in P1**SM and P3**SM
     
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    Oh yeah I forgot. Same as HM series.Kepler 7xx and 8xx don't work in EM and HM.
     
    Danishblunt, Aug 21, 2018
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    And yet maxwell and pascal cards work on EM series... Well that's definitely odd!
     
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    IIRC there was something about a pin used on kepler cards causing those incompatibilties.

    You could just purchase a GTX 680M and make a custom vBios on it to reach GTX 880M levels of performance. I've done it many times and it's pretty good.
     
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    It is very good I can vouch for that. Or China as in Ali has a cheap deal on 970m .. I dunno how good they are but price seemed good £165 or something like that
     
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    That's not bad and the 970M is a far better card.
     
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    It is better but more expensive, you can get 680M's extremely cheap compared to the 970M.
     
    Danishblunt, Aug 22, 2018
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    True, though the 880m was the main comparison I was making, that thing was hot.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 22, 2018
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    Super hot indeed!! I still have a 670mx lying around. I'll install it in the meantime and overclock it like hell and I'll wait for a good opportunity to get a Pascal card (1060 or 1070), as the P170EM can fit even the MSI "winged" 1070 GTX MXM.
    Thanks for everything fellas!!
     
    johnbb, Aug 23, 2018
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    That would be a serious good luck.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 23, 2018
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