Sager np9130 and gtx 970m

Hi guys, I have a question about upgrading the graphics card on the 9130. I don't know too much about upgrading laptops, but from what I gathered about upgrading the 9130, the big hurdle seems to be the TDP, in that in only supports a TDP of 75 watts. I've got a gtx 670mx right now and it's done me well, but it is by far the bottleneck in my laptop's capabilities, and I'd like to move up. I noticed the 970m just came out, and according to wikipedia it's got a TDP of 75 watts also. As far as I can tell from the forum posts I've seen, my laptop has an MXM card or socket, but I don't know if the 970m is compatible with it.

So my question is, can I upgrade to the 970m? Can I even buy a 970m by itself somewhere? I apologize if this is an ignorant question, but I have an all around great laptop aside from the GPU (which is still holding up well, all things considered) and it'd be a shame to have to upgrade eventually because of just one part.

 

The laptop's EC will be a problem for newer cards. I have no idea whether 900-series nvidia are compatible with that particular clevo model (its from 2012, correct?)

I'm leaning towards "incompatible" but maybe someone here knows more. GL!

 

I believe the EM series (those based on the clevo P1xxEM models) will not work with the 9xx series.

*edit this actually applies to the HM not the EM, the EM should be fine *

 

If it's a P150EM, then you can use 900M series with Prema's latest BIOS, I believe.

 

the 980m works fine in my p370em (with edited inf anyway)

 

I beg your pardon it was the hm series I was thinking of.

 

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm definitely going to look into grabbing one. However I'm a little concerned about the TDP, wikipedia says it's 75 watts but notebook check says it's 100 watts. I have the P151EM so it's only a 120W PSU and I don't want to hurt my laptop by upgrading to too beefy a video card, that's what caught my attention to the 970m in the first place, however this conflicting info is making me nervous. I think I can upgrade to a 100 watt card regardless, but it's not recommended by sager and I don't totally understand the risks.

 

You may be able to upgrade the PSU as well... I don't know. The 180W SHOULD technically fit? I think? You can ask around in the owner's lounges and see.

 

Thanks I'll look into that.

The stock BIOS won't recognize the new card? I'd prefer not to mess with the BIOS because I don't know too much about it, except that messing up the BIOS is pretty fatal.

 

That is correct. You will need Prema's BIOS for it. Prema has some nice instructions on his website for flashing BIOS and EC; you just need to follow them. Just be careful, is all I can say.

 

The 180w brick plugs in just fine, like I said the board is not officially rated for it but I believe the construction is basically the same. You are taking responsibility on yourself for anything that may happen.