Clevo P750DM-G possible upgrade to GTX 10xx?

Hello guys,

Does anyone know, if now, or in the near future Clevo 750DM-G will get some love regarding upgradability to 10x series?For the moment 970m does the job on 1080p, but in the near future that won't be enough sadly: (

 

short answer: nope.

long answer: definitely not with clevo cards, they dont fit the chassis. however, MSI cards, such as the 1060 in standard MXM format and maybe the 1070 with some chassis modification. also, keep an eye out for AMD cards, such as the RX480 or higher, they will come in standard MXM form factor.

 

Another question: Even if it were a direct fit with no mods, do you feel good about spending between $1,000 and $1,300 USD for a single GPU upgrade? The 1070 and 1080 MXM cards are so expensive that the prospect of an upgrade seems foolish from a financial perspective. It was already bad enough when flagship 980M cards were going for $700-800 each, but now it's gotten to the point of being truly absurd. Add to that, the fact that most new GPUs purchased for upgrades have a 90-day warranty, and it goes from absurd to downright asinine.

 

@ jaybee83 The AMD RX 480 or higher could be an option, for the normal gamer like me, who's interested in the fluidity of games and longevity of my machine, but if i may ask, how sure are you about AMD RX480 MXM will be standard format and nothing like the 1070-1080 series.
@ Mr. Fox Well i'm not planning to upgrade any time soon, and in ~1y those GPUs will be cheaper mby somewhere in the range of 500-700$ (hopefully), All i wanted to know is: if this machine, Clevo P750DM-G can support 10xx series w/o any moding or as @jaybee83 said AMD will come and save the day for those with slightly older laptops.
i'm asking because i kinda want to know the direction i'll be going. (upgrade or desktop).

 

nothing is for sure yet, but the info we have thus far on upcoming amd cards is that they will stick to standard 3.0b mxm. shouldnt be too long anymore, rumours are for them to appear at the end of the year / beginning of next.

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If you have a 970m now, you'd definitely be able to get a 980m. Prices on MXM cards are interesting. They don't always drop in price, like you would expect. A lot of times, when a card gets older like that, they become increasingly rare to find a new one, and prices can actually go up a little bit. Not always, but it definitely happens. But it is definitely worth checking in to when you are ready to upgrade.

I'm not sure if anybody has tried modding that model to use a 10xx or not. I've been away from the forums a bit and have some reading to catch up on, but I'm guessing people haven't really taken that risk to try as of yet.

I'm hoping AMD comes out with something compatible and price competitively. Yet, another "wait and see" situation.

 

pat@XOTICPC, 980m it isn't an option here when the next generation is out. Hopefully we'll see kits for mid upgrades to those who have such laptops and want to squeeze 2-3 more years out of them( like me) . What i find odd is that the platform with Skylake and DDR4 is not that ancient and any other reason then money can't explain the sudden change of MXM format.
-found this interesting topic about AMD MXM which contains some links with details about available/future MXM cards.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4uamjr/polaris_based_mxm_gpus/

 

The lack of reference nvidia designs and requirements of GDDR5X are the causes of the design change.

 

I feel that the GTX 1060 in attached image SHOULD work for this. Someone just needs to try it. You may need a modded BIOS, but I'm not sure about that.

Anyone have thoughts on this??

 

That's the best shot, but with MXM it's always "hopefully" and never "should"

 

yeah sure, standard mxm 1060 and 1070 pascal cards will work on the p750dm provided u got a working vbios

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Sorry to bring this back from the dead. I just had a question about a specific card for this P750DM-G machine. I'm attaching a photo of it. It's a GTX 1070 mxm from a P570WM. Would the vBIOS on this work since it's Clevo? The price is steep and isn't worth it IMO, but it's something I can look forward to in the future. I realize there will either need to be some modifying of the heatsink, or some fancy thermal padding placement to allow it to stay cool, but aside from that, I'd like to know if this will work.

Thank you

 

The P570WM never came with a 1070 so it would not have originated from it.

 

The vBIOS would almost certainly not be compatible with the P750DM-G. A Clevo vBIOS for one card isn't cross compatible between all models, unfortunately.

 

That's an eurocom/gecube card. It is successfully tested in a p570wm and it is under testing in other clevos.
is there an edp panel in your p750?

 

Hello guys,

Any hopeful news regarding upgrade to 1060 or 1070 ?

 

If I remember correctly @Eurocom Support successfully upgraded a p770dm with a mxm 3.0b gtx1070.
May be they know if that card is compatible for a p750dm

 

The Eurocom ones are based off the gecube cards and are prone to failure. you're better off getting the MSI 1060.