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    upgrade vga p170em

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by napster28, Jul 2, 2016.

  1. napster28

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    Your link doesn't work, do you mean this:
    http://m.ebay.com/itm/191880956835

    If so then it probably will not work, the difference between dell/alienware cards and clevo ones are more then just bios. You will need a clevo/sager specific card from what I understand.

    Question though, why go for the cheapest possible instead of wait a to save a little more for a little better gpu? In the meantime you can always just run off the integrated graphics card.
     
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    only integrated graphics card not work, 5 beep and shotdown notebook,and you can not use the laptop.
    I need to update the bios to use only integrated?
    series 7xx and 8xx not work?
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Clevo 6 series should work.

    Also yes it wont stay running without a signal from the MXM slot.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 3, 2016
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    Really? Learned something new. I could of sworn I had my p150em turned on with no dGPU. Hmmm maybe I just forgot it was in there since there was a problem.
     
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    I confirm it does not work without MXM
     
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    How about this one:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-nVIDIA-...725210?hash=item1c62af135a:g:~IQAAOSwFNZWzTQc

    Looks to be a bit cheaper and according to what I can see it should be compatible:
    http://static.fw1.biz/templates//130674/myimages/config_gerais_clevo_p150em.pdf

    Good luck!
     
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    Clevo 7 series work without MXM?

    if you buy a 8970m?work 100%?update vbios for working?
     
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    Well eurocom lists 8970m as possible:
    http://www.eurocom.com/ec/configure(2,226,0)ec

    not sure if it needs anything bios wise - clevo MXM card for sure at least.
     
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    nope... what games do you play though?
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Quadros are useless for gaming.. A AMD 8970M should work as long as you have a Clevo vBIOS for it..

    Sent from my LG-H850 using Tapatalk
     
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    Or a 980m.... he mentioned earlier he was looking for a cheap solution, and I also asked him what games he plays.. 4000m could be fine for him, the Quadro just isn't optimized for gaming...
     
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    970and 980 too expensive,These cards are made of gold XD
    and gtx670m?
     
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    1. What games do you plan to play?
    2. What resolution and settings do you expect to play at?
    3. How much are you willing to pay?

    Honestly it's impossible to recommend anything if we don't know what you expect. From thr beginning you seemed to want cheap so there is the 4000m, but if you want gaming you need to provide more information.
     
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    thanks anassa, buy quadro 4000,at least use the laptop
     
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    The 7970M was a very competent chip at launch so it is a little hard to replace for good value on the green side.
     
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    true!
    buy nvidia quadro, and in 2017 buy mxm to pcie converter=vga desktop lol ;)
     
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    That would be an in depth but pretty cool project :)
     
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