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    Have you upgraded your video card?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Drock2k1, Feb 19, 2012.

  1. Drock2k1

    Drock2k1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just discovered Clevo build laptops within the last week and have been very intrigued at having the ability to upgrade a lot of components. I was curious of how many folks actually upgrade their video card and what you upgraded to.

    First post btw!!
     
    Drock2k1, Feb 19, 2012
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    oan001 Notebook Evangelist

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    I upgraded from a NVIDIA GTX 285m to the AMD Radeon HD 6970m and I am very satisfied.
     
    oan001, Feb 19, 2012
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    its an amazing laptop and the fact you can upgrade your gpu just makes this laptop awesome
     
    smokingjam, Feb 19, 2012
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    It is probably one of the biggest draws. Even if I don't do it, at least I can :)
     
    Drock2k1, Feb 19, 2012
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    oan001, do you have any sort of benchmarks for any recent games? Just curious to see how much just upgrading the GPU helped, because I originally planned on getting a new laptop in a few years from now, but if upgrading the GPU helps a lot, then maybe that is the way to go.
     
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    The absolute biggest problems with the whole capability of upgrading the graphics card are:

    1. A single graphics card costs a lot of money most of the time.
    2. The MXM slot type can change without notice, leaving you in the dust.

    That being said, my D901C went from 1x 8800M GTX to 2x 9800M GTX in SLi a few years back, and the performance gains were huge (probably cause of second card added). I probably wouldn't do something like that again, though. Why? Because it was very expensive, but I had the cash at the time, so I figured why not.
     
    ettornio, Feb 19, 2012
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    The jump from a 285M to a 6970M is absolutely massive, a 6970M will handle current games very well. The thing with upgrading GPUs is the MXM standard, which seems to be staying the same for the upcoming generation of cards, but may change soon after. If the MXM standards are not the same, the card and laptop will not be compatible, so you cannot upgrade. I'm sure there are also other issues that may come into play such as BIOS support and possibly power supply.
     
    supersonic13, Feb 19, 2012
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    I upgraded from HD6970M to the GTX580M. No problem.
     
    bonnie.clyde, Feb 19, 2012
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    151hm1 560gtx to 6990m no prob
     
    junhan4, Feb 19, 2012
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    my x7200 stock gtx480m upgraded to gtx485m and again upgraded to gtx580m :D
     
    DGDXGDG, Feb 19, 2012
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    How big was the performance jump from the 485 to the 580

    Sent from my samsung galaxy s2 using tapatalk
     
    trvelbug, Feb 19, 2012
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    The jump from the 485m to the 580m should only amount to about 10-15%. Some people here have been able to overclock their 485m's to match the 580m in performance (at stock).
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Feb 19, 2012
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    280m to 5870 on D900F with some modding.
     
    HeavenCry, Feb 20, 2012
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    The increase was about 100%

    I wouldn't bother to upgrade unless the increase is around 50%

    Anything else would be a waste IMHO.

    I got the card for $250 from the marketplace. It made my BF3 experience much better (from low to high, with better fps), which was my main reason for upgrading.

    Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
     
    oan001, Feb 21, 2012
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