M4700 Owners Thread

Hi ! Can anyone tell me the maximum CPU, GPU, RAM u can put in a Dell Precision M4700 ?
(I've read in previous comments that quadro M2000m is compatibile with this laptop)

 

Quadro M2000M works. Quadro M2200 could possibly work (haven't seen anyone try it, probably still sort of hard to find by itself ...).
CPU, can't go any higher than Ivy Bridge, so 3940XM.
32GB RAM (Four 8 GB modules)

 

Also according to one member the 965m also works, would love some screenshots on that. M4700's are starting to get cheaper so it might be a good choice from a value standpoint.

Also if anyone at all can help out @valuxin with his requests I would very much appreciate it.

The 965m would save this laptop hes also working on some other methods of enhancement.

If a guide for RWEverything is needed ill try and figure it out (as I also am inexperienced with it) and make a short step by step guide for what he needs.

 

Glad to see the Dell Precision M4700 is still going here. I just ordered one from Arrow Direct . com for $340.
Don't know exact specs such as type of GPU or if I get four Memory slots until I get it unless someone tells me?
This is all the specs I have until I get it:

DELL PRECISION M4700
2.7 Ghz Intel Core i7 Gen3 256 SSD GB 8192 MB memory

• Ecomm Sku Value: M4700-27i7-8-256SSD-DVD-10P64-A
• OS: Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
• Condition Type A Grade

 

Hello,

memory depends on type of CPU - if the Core i7 is model ending with QM it means it has 4 cores - so you can use 4 memory slots. If it is ending just with M it is dual core and you can use only two slots. In the specs is not exact CPU so you just have to hope.

Good luck

 

Ah yes, I'm now guessing which CPU, GPU and Display screen I'm getting.
Website didn't say what type of Display the 15.4" screen had?
• 15.6" HD(1366x768): anti-glare, LED-backlit
• 15.6" FHD(1920x1080): Dell UltraSharp™, wide view, anti-glare, LED-backlit, Premium Panel

Or type of GPU:
• AMD FirePro M4000 Mobility Pro with 1GB GDDR5 dedicated memory
• NVIDIA Quadro K1000M with 2GB GDDR3 dedicated memory
• NVIDIA Quadro K2000M with 2GB GDDR3 dedicated memory

Or CPU:
QM or M

If it only has the HD(1366x768) I'm going to send it back. I can live with the lesser CPU and GPU.

 

I'm about to buy a Quadro M2000M for my M4700 and I need to know a few things before I take the plunge.

I´m looking to swap a FirePro M4000 for the Quadro.
I browsed through this thread and picked up some info about the compatibility that I would like to check first:

• I´ve read that the AMD heatsink isn't compatible with the Nvidia GPU. I would have to get one of those. Does the K2000M one fit?
• Aside from the custom vBIOS and Inf, do I need anything else to assure the compatibility on the GPU side?
• Do I need to change anything in the BIOS as well?
• Can someone please briefly explain what the Nvidia Optimus issue is and if there is any fix?

Thanks!

 

1. Yes you have to get NV heatsink for NV card. The difference is the depth at main chipset.
2. vBios... i don't think required unless u are too lazy to modify INF every time new driver comes out and you hate to see the "Test Mode xxx" wordings at the bottom right of your windows desktop.
3. No. Just to make sure the "Enable Optimus" is turn off to use the NV card.
4. Precision series has no automatic GPU switching capability like some other laptop. To use Intel card, you need to go into bios to turn on the "Enable Optimus" function. It will never switch to NV card no matter what kind of load is pushed to the graphic card. To use NV card, need to go into bios to turn off "Enable Optimus" function again, and the intel GPU will not take over eventhough with zero load.

To me this is an excellent setting done by Dell although may not be battery friendly. No issue such as "why the CAD software is not using my Professional graphic card but the lousy iGPU?". Those laptop with automatic GPU switching (Alienware for instance) is not able to output discrete GPU through thunderbolt plus some other limitations

Note for M6700, Intel GPU cannot output through DisplayPort, only HDMI.

 

Precision does have GPU switching. Optimus in fact is the name of NVIDIA's graphics switching technology. If you have experienced a situation where the NVIDIA GPU is not used when Optimus is turned on, you have something misconfigured.

With Optimus OFF, the NVIDIA card will be used for all displays, all the time.
With Optimus ON, the Intel GPU will be used for the laptop display and VGA port, and the NVIDIA GPU will be used for the HDMI and DisplayPorts. Also, the NVIDIA GPU can render content to a display driven by the Intel GPU. You can manage how this works from the NVIDIA control panel, under "Manage 3D Settings".

 

Ohh like that, will test after this. I use dock station 95% of the time, so I turned off Optimus after some times toying around after getting the laptop and have that impression few year back. Turn on only when the NV card is suspected dead and for troubleshooting.

 

Does anyone know if M4600 and M4700 have the same bios battery?

Looking at a supplier site - it seems to be cross compatible - just wanted to check?
http://www.genuine-cmos-battery.co.uk/dell-precision-m4700-cmos-battery.html