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    W870cu VGA Mod

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by BaronGalf, Jul 26, 2010.

  1. BaronGalf

    BaronGalf Notebook Consultant

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    Did someone tryed to put a 480m on the W870cu to see what the system do ? At stock without gaming it should have no problem running right ?

    Also what is the point to get a Intel 6300N wireless in this system as all network available for this system seem to do 802.11N... !?
     
    BaronGalf, Jul 26, 2010
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  2. ChinNoobonic

    ChinNoobonic Notebook Evangelist

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    Even if someone puts a 480m in it, the bios won't have the microcode to use it.
     
    ChinNoobonic, Jul 26, 2010
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  3. JohnnyFlash

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    And even if it did, it couldn't handle the extra draw.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Jul 27, 2010
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    Is the bios not the same as for the w880CU?
     
    theriko, Jul 27, 2010
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  5. BaronGalf

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    I think it's only a Motherboard revision with more power + usb3 ... so the bios should be the same !?
     
    BaronGalf, Jul 27, 2010
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    I'm interested to see the results, but I won't be the one to attempt it. ;)
     
    JohnnyFlash, Jul 28, 2010
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