*** OFFICIAL Sager NP8760 / Clevo W870CU Owners Lounge ***

Does NiBitor read the 470M?

 

I'm not HALF the man as you Soviet!!! I've read through this whole thread already! -laughs-

And BTW: After looking through this thread I just want to confirm that there is no way to OC a 740QM on this notebook, even through setfsb? :C

 

I dont think its supported on the new version that just came out.

 

I don't see any official Nvidia GTX470M drivers...I wonder when they would be updating that...or maybe I'm mistaken?

 

NiBiTor 6.0

The new exclusive version has the following enhancements:
Support for new Devices
- GeForce GTX 580
- GeForce GTX 570
- GeForce GT 430
- GeForce GT 140
- GeForce GTX 460M
Updated Support for Devices
- GeForce GT 240M

People that has a 470M should send their BIOS to them so they can be added to the supported cards.

 

I get my rig on Monday...I'll be right on that.

 

I would try nvidia system tools first, that's always the easiest way.

 

Hey all, I'm thinking about upgrading to a Bluray player. Is this a "pretty much anything goes" kind of an upgrade? As long as it fits? Would this one work for example (if it wasn't out of stock)?

Newegg.com - Sony Optiarc Black 4X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-ROM SATA Slim Internal 12.7mm Tray Blu-ray COMBO Model BC-5500H-01 - Blu-Ray Drives

12.7mm. Is that the standard?

Thanks in advance!

 

If you look at the manual, it shows you the steps on how to remove the optical drive, it's as easy as taking a few screws out and pushing the drive out. 12.7mm is the correct dimensions for the optical drive and you can slap that sucker right in!

 

Would you 460M and 470M owners please post some 3DMark 11 scores?...

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Good point about checking the manual. Thank you + rep!

 

I got a 470M coming, would you like stock and overclock scores?

 

Yes please. 470M scores are very much needed for forum members here...
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bstapley and my GTX 460 3DMark11 scores are posted here, mine is quoted in the first post, bstapley is further down.

The ATI m5870 acutally performs better in 3Dmark11 than the 460m, I expect the 470m however will pwn the 460m, 480m, and the m5870.

 

babyhemi: Any further information on the problems with version 1 w870cu's and the 470m?

 

Sorry, Clevo is still kinda vague about this. Besides the USB 3.0 added recently there is some component on the motherboard that is at least slightly different. They did not say what component, at least not yet.

The bottom line is it may or may not work on a NP8760 / W870CU that is older than a few months old. Again the bios version is not the issue they say....
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while playing The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, GPU mem. temperature sometimes could get up to 85-87C

 

And that is fine.

 

It's always higher than the rest.

 

Hi,
Every time I open my display from a closed position it catches the plastic piece that sticks up and practically rips it off. Anyone having the same issue?
Anyone come up with a fix for this. Very annoying since it's no fun having to snap it back in place every time.

Thanks

 

How old is your laptop? Is it still under warranty? From what I remember seeing in this thread no one has had any luck fixing it themselves. You can send it in and have Sager or your resseller fix it.

 

guys, how easy it is to extract the keyboard and swap buttons on it? is it possible?

 

I got it back in march or april. It's really a pain.

Thanks

 

So yeah...the GTX 470's are out of stock...so I won't be getting mine till late December at the earliest -.- Dang.

 

^^^^Hopefully the 470M's for the Sager NP8760 / Clevo W870CU models will be in stock on the 23rd. Of course that is Christmas week, so there may be some slow downs...
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I just got my notebook back under warranty repair for this issue of trouble opening/closing notebook where it makes contact with the case. They have to replace the entire case but it works great now. I had it back in less than two weeks.

A side benefit -- the touch pad gets replaced so it's nice and clean now.

I was also very happy with the Sager support staff. I spoke to a real person and they were very flexible with my schedule demands.

 

did you talk to sager directly or thru a reseller?

 

My warranty is directly through Sager, but I talked to my reseller first, and they put me in touch with Sager.

 

i went to their factory in the city of industry when i got my sager last november. contrary to what most people say, they are actual quite nice and cordial.

 

any help on this? or is it possible to get the button out of its slot without breaking anything and without disassembling the unit?

 

I don't think anyone has messed with the keyboard. They seem pretty solid.

 

Removing the keyboard is detailed in the service manual in my sig, individual button removal however I can't help you with, but usually they can be unclipped by gently levering them off with a small screwdriver or similar.

 

when i slapped this thing together i noticed a vent for a small fan in between the CPU and GPU fans but there's no fan there. the mounting studs are on the case as though it's for an intake fan possibly? i also see an empty fan header on the MB. what's this fan for?

on another note...

anyone ever notice the air gap in between the CPU/GPU fans and the fan grills/case? this doesn't seem like an optimal cooling design to me. i was thinking of changing out the very restrictive grills and putting some foam around the circumference of the fans so it sits between the fans and the bottom of the case which would pull cool air from outside the case instead of warm air from the inside like it is now.

not having any cooling problems, but would like to make it more efficient if i can

 

The slight gap means that it pulls some warm air from inside the case, but mostly cool from outside, if you were to put foam in there you would get better cooling for your cpu/gpu, but you would lose all air circulation in the rest of the case, so any cooling for your chipset/ram/hdd/etc would be lost.

 

yeah, that was my only concern with pulling all the air from outside the case

still wondering about the 3rd missing fan though - don't know what it's for

 

Just a note to say that the 470M has been phased out for Sager NP8760 / Clevo W870CU models for most US dealers...
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Just building a new NP8760-S1 when I saw this. Planning on paying a upgrade from a 460M to a 470M for $300. With this phase out or not should I still keep the upgrade? thanks!

 

Get the 470m, it's currently the best mobile card there is.

 

The 470's have officially arrived, mine is being shipped out today!!!

 

Got my blu-ray player installed a couple of days ago. Ended up buying the Panasonic UJ-240A for $150 from this guy:

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Plenty of selection at what seemed like pretty damn good prices when compared to the competition. Shipped from Taiwan. Obviously had to swap the faceplates due to the shape of the w870cu one.

 

This 2 days after the resellers tell us they're being phased out...

 

o.o...by "phased out" do you mean like discontinued or as in being upgraded to a new card? I'm a tad confused, haha.

 

I think the whole unit is being phased as of Jan 6th.

The saddest part of that is now it's pretty much certain that the power play issues with the 5870 aren't going to be fixed.

 

Well I'm initially afraid that they were phased out because there were issues with the 470M...I'm heading home on the 29th to get the Sager, so hopefully I can run some stock benchmarks then overclock.

 

Not because of issues, but because CES and the new Nvidia/AMD GPUs are coming very soon.

 

Ah, I feel a bit more relieved, thanks!

New AMD and Nvidia mobile cards...wow, so just when I think I order the best...a new "best" card comes out...I guess that's how it is! -sigh-

 

Not to be mean, but you did pick the worst time possible to buy. We've known Sandy Bridge was coming in January for about a year. If you had waited another month, you could have gotten newer tech, or a bigger discount. That being said, I bought mine in August, so I could have waited too. That's life.

 

tried to watch braveheart with 5.1 sound using my laptop only, the side speakers are not working, is there a way to fix it?

 

Haha in any case, I got my rig finally with the GTX470M. I'll run some benches.

 

Xotic PC states that the NP8670 is sold out pending new model, any ideas onto what it is and when we can see it in our hands. I assume it is a model with Sandy Bridge, But I have the money now and if I wait I might have something else come up and use it the money before I buy the laptop.