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    Flash a 9800M GT to a 9800M GTX

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by bifnewman, May 30, 2009.

  1. bifnewman

    bifnewman Notebook Evangelist

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    Can you flash a 9800M GT to a GTX?
     
    bifnewman, May 30, 2009
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    GT is G94
    GTX is G92

    don't do it. ;)
     
    Gophn, May 30, 2009
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  3. Soviet Sunrise

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    I don't see any sound reason why you would want to flash a GT with a GTX BIOS. The additional shaders are hard-locked anyway.

    Also, the GT is also based on the G92.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, May 30, 2009
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  4. Blacky

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    Come on, if someone wants to try i why not let him do it.
    As the others said, you will probably not gain anything but you can try it and test to see how it goes.

    But be prepared to blind flash if things go wrong.
     
    Blacky, May 30, 2009
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  5. Gophn

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    oh youre right, I was thinking about 9800M GTS.

    9800M GT = 8800M GTX = G92
     
    Gophn, May 30, 2009
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    i dont have a notebook with it yet. im just seeing if i can save money thx for your help. btw, will the intel xeon X3370 beat a Q9650 on everything (yes, even gta 4)?

    EDIT: what about xeon X3320 or X3360 vs Q9650 in games and overall performance like video rendering? btw, im looking at the 9262 on avadirect.com. they have so many options.
     
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    not very significant or even noticeable.

    both are powerful, but I fell Xeon's are just for bragging rights when you using them in a workstation rather than a server.

    Thats how I felt when I had a dual-core AMD Opteron 180 in my notebook. :D
     
    Gophn, May 30, 2009
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  8. bifnewman

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    well X3360 is cheaper than the Q9650 and X3320? how good is it compared to Q9650?
     
    bifnewman, May 30, 2009
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    both are fast quad-core CPUs.

    X3360 is 2.83GHz
    Q9650 is 3.00GHz

    there ya go.... Q9650 is faster... but only by 170MHz.
     
    Gophn, May 30, 2009
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  10. GanGstaOne

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    there is 9800M GT with G94 chip also the lasted manufactured are with G94
    i think that these with G92 that are used by clevo is that because they are
    basicly 8800M GTX renamed to 9800M GT but the newest that are manufactured
    to be 9800M GT are with G94

    ya thats right:

    9800M GT: G94, 500MHz core clock, 96 shaders (1,250MHz), 256-bit, 360 gigaflops
    9800M GTS: G94, 600MHz core clock, 64 shaders (1,500MHz), 256-bit, 288 gigaflops
    9700M GTS: G94, 530MHz core clock, 48 shaders (1,325MHz), 256-bit, 190.8 gigaflops
    9700M GT: G96, 625MHz core clock, 32 shaders (1,550MHz), 128-bit, 148.8 gigaflops
    http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/9800m
    http://laptoping.com/nvidia-geforce-9700m-gt-gts-9800m-gts-gt-gtx.html
     
    GanGstaOne, May 30, 2009
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  11. k9hydr4

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    How new are we talking about? 2008, 2009?
     
    k9hydr4, May 30, 2009
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  12. oile

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    Hi gangsta, are you only making confidence in those charts??
    Or have you found a 9800M GT with "G94" stamped on the chip ??
     
    oile, May 31, 2009
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    i have seen somewhere on the net picture with G94 core i also have one bios for G94 core but i cant find it i probably erase it but i know that 9800M GT that clevo use are 8800M GTX renamed thats why they are with G92 core i dont know if any other company use 8800M GTX renamed for their 9800M GT but i'm sure that all manufactured 9800M GT with this name are G94 only renamed 8800M GTX are with G92
     
    GanGstaOne, May 31, 2009
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  14. eqmiami

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    You sound REALLY sure. NOT
     
    eqmiami, May 31, 2009
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