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    Looking for a new home for my 7970m (From a G73 JH1)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by pctomm, Feb 6, 2014.

  1. pctomm

    pctomm Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    I'm looking to downsize my trusty Asus G73 to something in the 12-14" range.

    The G73 is fully functional, and I upped the GPU to a Radeon 7970m from the previous 5870 or whatever it was.

    Other than SSD's, it's totally stock. I believe the 7970m I purchased has a Clevo BIOS, I'm not sure what the implications are in having it work in another system.

    I guess the key thing is finding a laptop with a system board, but no GPU pre-installed, or at least something ty I can remove and add the 7970m into.

    Do you guys have thoughts? My G73 is getting old and creaky, although it runs fine I would love to pack the important bits into a new machine.

    Thanks!
     
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    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    So you're looking for a 12-14" which will support your 7970M right? There were no Sager models which did, the smallest would be 15.6" and the last gen models like the NP9150
     
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    Yes the smallest machines with an MXM slot are 15.6" regardless of make.
     
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    A 15" would be fine too I suppose. I'll look into this model, thank you for your help.
     
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    The EM was one of the thinnest 15.6" machines around too so may be your best option.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 6, 2014
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