Dell M6600. 4000M to GTX 680M Upgrade

Hi Guys,

i dont make a huge cad work but im a bit of BF3 gamer, so i want to upgrade my dell m6600 4000m with GTX 680M. Are there any issues? Is that possible? Do i need to flash bios or smth like that?

Thank you

 

Someone put a GTX 670M in, and he said he has no problems at all.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-latitude-vostro-precision/657758-m6600-plus-nvidia-670m.html

 

There is no issue at all, you can simply replace the 4000M with 680M, that's it

680M is a very good card with awesome OC ability, which could handle almost all games in FHD ultra-high setting.

 

Thank you guys
May there be any problems with "physical" incompability, e.g. heatsink?

 

Would this be the same for 3000m as well?

 

Yes, it's the same for 3000M model

 

The only thing to look out for is the back x bracket in the gpu. You need to have one as the one that comes with the gpu inside your m6600 is glued with double sided sticky tape. I just buy one on ebay or you will be forced to reuse the one you have and it won't look that good. I went from a 3000m to a 7970m and I reused the one from the quadro but it's just temporary as I ordered a new one from ebay.

 

Do you have a regular or IPS screen?

 

Regular screen. No IPS.

 

For 3000m/4000m to 680M, or M8900 to 7970M, the x-bracket is the same, so the user could reuse it

For M8900 to 680M, or 3000m/4000m to 7970M, the x-bracket is incompatible, one brand's bracket does not fit the other brand well, and it would cover some electronical parts, resulting potential issue