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    Installing AMD Radeon R9 M295X in a Clevo P150?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SMGJohn, Sep 24, 2015.

  1. SMGJohn

    SMGJohn Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello, I was planning on upgrading my Clevo P150EM which was bought with an AMD Radeon HD 7970M to AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB MXM card.

    I was looking around and found the M295X here for sale: M295X MXM card using AMD Radeon™ R9 GPU - Zentrica Ltd

    Because its MXM card it will slide in my Clevo like a glove only problem is, I read that factory standard MXM cards does not work in the Clevo without a Clevo vBIOS for some odd reasons.

    Here is my question, before I buy this beast I want to know if its possible to flash this card with a Clevo vBIOS in any way, and do not suggest me to get nVidia because I wont, its much more expensive.
     
    SMGJohn, Sep 24, 2015
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  2. octiceps

    octiceps Nimrod

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    You would be the first.

    My advice? Forget that and get this. Better in every way: cheaper, faster, cooler, and better overclocking.
     
    octiceps, Sep 24, 2015
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  3. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    hes right, even if u dont like team green (who actually does, anymore?), best bang for your buck is in the 970M

    Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
     
    jaybee83, Sep 24, 2015
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  4. SMGJohn

    SMGJohn Notebook Evangelist

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    +octiceps +jaybee83
    I rather just wait for the 4xx series then, I had too many issues with nVidia in the past to even touch their crap anymore and I tried using the 675MX and nVidia completely destroyed the card in new games.
     
    SMGJohn, Sep 24, 2015
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  5. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    Since that card was never offered by Clevo there probably isn't any support for it.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Sep 24, 2015
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