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    D901C / NP9262 Laptop Video options

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by AlanP, May 23, 2011.

  1. AlanP

    AlanP Notebook Evangelist

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    I currently have 8800M GTX SLI in this Laptop. I have two .10 Bios Level Quadro FX700M Video Cards coming. Has anyone successfully gotten these Video Cards to flash and run in any limited form of SLI?

    I understand that it would require the Laptop Bios to support the Cards in SLI without the cable. Does that mean that a set of 3700M Cards flashed to 7950 GTX would work? Are there other options that have worked? Thanks in advance for any kelp given. AlanP
     
    AlanP, May 23, 2011
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    AlanP Notebook Evangelist

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    Maybe to gotcha on the 7950 GTX SLI on the FX3700M cards would be a lack of current DX support? AlanP
     
    AlanP, May 23, 2011
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    No.

    You have to flash AT LEAST to the same architecture.

    Pretty much everything that fits in this laptop other than 9800m GS/GTS, 8700m GT, and the 7000 series is g92 based.

    So yea, you could try flashing them with the 8800m GTX vBIOS.

    Theres really no telling if it will work, but as long as its g92 there is not any risk of destroying your graphics cards.
    The problems will arise once you install drivers, and here you will have to work out a combination of vBIOS + drivers. That is the only possibility of it working.
     
    niffcreature, May 27, 2011
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