GPU options,...

hey guys...i think my m15x's havin i7820Qm so it must be R2 or R3....but its equipped with BIOS version A09 as iv'e read in many threads m15x can be upgraded in every aspect...as i know it can be upgraded to 460M,5870 both cards....


but i always wanted to know whether it can take 6970M ,285M with this A09 version of bios.....


any suggestions or please if you have any perfomance benchmarks of GTX 260M,460M,5870,
6970,285M if any please post ...!!!

 

Is it ironic that there's a benchmark thread directly above this one at the moment?

What card do you have in there now?

 

The 460m is quicker than the 285m. Stock for stock the 460m and the 5870 are about the same, the 5850 is much quicker than either of them when overclocked. The M15x is capable of using a 6970m which is the fastest card we can take probably, no one has tried the 485m but it probably won't work.

 

okay...now iv'e got it...ty!!
but what about 260m coz mine's got this card only ??

 

oh..ROFL !!

btw my m15x's got 260M!!

 

Yeah aside from the 5730 and 240m, the 260m is the weakest card around. The best upgrade would be a 6970 but if you can find a 5850 or a 460m for very cheap it would be good too.

 

I'm looking to upgrade from a 5850 to a 5870, but if I knew how to overclock the 5850 I'd stick with that. Can anyone explain how to overclock a GPU?

 

5870 is an overclocked 5850.

To know how to do it, use the search function and check stickies.

 

@usmc362 heres a link to a thread about overclocking the 5850m.be sure to get the correct version of AMD GPU clock tools
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m15x/514549-what-best-way-overclock-ati-5850-a.html

 

any ideas if we get GTX 260M.....overclocked any perfomance increase or getting in the race with these 5870 and 460M....??

and what about GTX260M vs 5850..??
here in this benchmark list 260M's got upperhand than 5850..
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

 

any ideas if we get GTX 260M.....overclocked ??

 

Don't trust all the bench from notebookchecks. I had all of those three card and I can tell you that the gtx 260m is the least power one. If you want the best the 6970m is the way to go.

 

^^Ditto. The Notebookcheck numbers are unreliable, particularly for the 5850M because their analysis was based on an early version from another manufacturer that was underpowered and used GDDR3 vram. If you want to see what a 260M does in the M15x and how it compares to other choices, review the Bennchmark thread results page -- http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...5x-benchmark-thread-part-2-a.html#post6781257.

 

ty...dude...this helped me a lot learning the real figures and power of every GPU out there!!!

 

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6970 rulezzz den!!!!


can u direct me to any link where can i get 6970 card for m15x !!!

 

Don't want to be the killjoy, but maybe just wait a little bit longer to see how exactly the card performs... Everything we've seen so far was on 3dMark run. It seems to work fine but you never know.

Anyway, you can get the card from mxm-upgrade or directly from Dell (if you're lucky, depends on where you live afaik... sometimes they don't want to sell you parts which aren't supposed for your system and they usually want your service tag before selling anything... at least where I live)

 

You can get it from dell or mxm upgrade. I had order mine from dell, here is the number 18004563355. Mine is estimate to be deliver april 12. Total cost is 575 with free next day shipping. Order from dell you get a 1 year warranty and you know it going to work because inap had use a dell 6970m to test it.

 

Yeah. All the folks considering the 6970 should wait for the results from the 6970 thread to pan out first. The power requirements may be our undoing with the 6970 xD...

 

I'd say hold off as well.

 

ty for the info but i live here in India here iv'e asked for a gpu upgrade they refused it.....so, should i ask for card directly??

 

Any idea about how to check which version of memory installed in GPU...like
GDDR3 OR GDDR5...???

 

gpu z should do the trick for you

 

GPU-Z. Type and amount.

Edit: Sorry darkloki. Didn't see your response.

 

oH.. i almost forgot that GPUz would do i jus remembered it

...sorry for this lame question!!!

 

hello!!

sorry for repeating this again but im really screwed this time !!
jus got my GPU replaced with new 260M but still the gpu's giving random crashes....like display device time out error(manual reboot necessary)!!!!!!

i'm not having any cash now to get a 5870 card for mod.....any fix that could help me now ...or should i ask dell guys to get me 5850 on request???


help me asap!!

 

what do you mean with the "new" 260M? didn't you say before that your m15x had the 260M already?

 

Actually i had posted about this crashing of 260m in previous thread......now i got it replaced by dell people with a new one and still the problem continues....

 

Since Dell is willing to replace your faulty GTX 260M, you could have insisted on having GTX 460M or HD 5850M. They are all equivalent and are much better then GTX 260M. Request Dell to give you GTX 460M or HD 5850M.

 

it's the best shot i could give,but here in india i think the dell guys wont send
these.....but ill try!!