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    What laptops use MXM IV?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by lastoneleft_00, Jan 21, 2009.

  1. lastoneleft_00

    lastoneleft_00 Notebook Guru

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    I'm in the process of selling my 7950 gtx which i believe is MXM IV. I'm going to put it up on ebay, but before I do i would like to know what all models of laptops would use this card. Are Clevos the only ones?
     
    lastoneleft_00, Jan 21, 2009
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    Not many, I think people are finally starting to understand that if you want to game you should build a desktop.
     
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    If it's from a Clevo, more likely it won't really fit any other models.
     
    Hirohata, Jan 21, 2009
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    Starting? No, that has always been the baseline assumption, and it's only now that it's beginning to lose it's status as the always-right answer.
     
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    You got it all backwards. This is the way it is: People are starting to realize that some notebooks are actually capable of gaming.
     
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    I thought some alienware notebooks can use this MXM IV cards?
     
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    • Clevo D901C
      ...... (aka. Sager NP9262, Rock SL8, PCMW BlackHawk, Kobalt Comache)
    • Clevo M570RU / M571RU
      ...... (aka. Sager NP5790/5791/5792, Rock Xtreme 770, etc...)
    • Clevo M570RU-U / M571RU-U
      ...... (aka. Sager NP5793, Rock Xtreme 770, Pro-Star 5729, etc...)
    • Clevo M860TU
      ...... (aka. Sager NP8660, Rock Xtreme 620, PCMW Edge, Kobalt Nexus, etc...)
    • Clevo M570TU / M571TU
      ...... (aka. Sager NP5796, Rock Xtreme 780, etc...)
    • Clevo M570ETU / M571ETU
      ...... (aka. Sager NP5797, Rock Xtreme 780, PCMW Horizon, etc...
     
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    I do not believe so, from tests, it seems that they are using MXM-III (with HE tab) in the Quanta systems... the .M15x and .M17x.

    the Arima systems that they are re-branding ( M9700/M9750 and M17) are using a special MXM Type that are mainly capable to Arima units.... not fully standard III or IV.

    it was explained at www.mxm-upgrade.com
     
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    So does that mean that my 9800m gts is mxm IV also
     
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    its MXM Type III.... which is compatible in MXM IV slots. ;)
     
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    Aside from the high end Clevo models, Alienware's M15x and M17x have MXM-IV slots (M15x has one, M17x has two) and the Arima w840Di has one MXM-IV and one MXM-III slot. Also, Arima (now Flextronics) does use standard MXM-III cards, which seems to be what ATi is adopting (compared to nVidia's MXM-IV push). Apparently, MXM-III cards are compatible in MXM-IV slots, but not vice versa.

    Also, the Asus G70 uses two MXM-IV slots, but their position seems to sandwich the GPUs together. This is probably why there wasn't an 8800M GTX SLi variant of the G70.
     
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    I thought the clevo m860tu used the IV mxm slot.
     
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    D901c, M57xxU and the M86xxU are the Clevo high end models I was referring to.
     
    ichime, Jan 21, 2009
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    I had a question about this exact same thing... I have a Clevo D900T with the motherboard revision that allows 7950 GTX cards to work on it, however is it still not compatible with the MXM IV version? Is there any performance difference between the MXM IV and other versions?
     
    gryfyn, Jan 23, 2009
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    The previous D900T and D900K systems were using a non-standard Clevo proprietary videocard module.

    Clevo is now designing their high-end systems with standard MXM-IV slots.

    Its not about performance difference. (the 7950GTX performs exactly the same from the previous proprietary module to the MXM-IV module)

    Its about upgradeability for the future.

    As long as Nvidia still releases videocards in MXM-II, III, IV format, the current Clevo's would be able to use them.
     
    Gophn, Jan 23, 2009
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    Lol, I guess that means "No your D900T will not ever work with MXM IV cards.... ever" ... darn
     
    gryfyn, Jan 23, 2009
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    not just your D900T..... my D900K as well. :(
     
    Gophn, Jan 23, 2009
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