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    4940xm upgrade on gt70?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by panamaniacs2011, Jul 29, 2019.

  1. panamaniacs2011

    panamaniacs2011 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello

    As per title i have a good deal on a 4940xm for my current gt70 , is worth it or no? i currently have a 4710mq. Thanks for your input
     
    panamaniacs2011, Jul 29, 2019
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    Short story, no...
     
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  3. Kevin

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    Well, how much is it and what are the specs of your GT70?
     
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    panamaniacs2011 Notebook Evangelist

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    4940xm being sold to me for 100 bucks , gt70 has a gtx 970m 3gb , core i7 4710mq , 16 gb ram , 128x3 raid 0 + 1tb hdd
     
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    Well you would go from 3.3Ghz base on 4 cores to 3.8Ghz, plus whatever you can squeeze out of the manual overclocking.

    The important question is, what is holding you back more right now and in the near future, the i7-4710MQ or the GTX 970M? If you play play CPU intensive games and have no plans to upgrade to a new laptop, $100 bucks isn't much for a boost.

    Worst case scenario is a wash.
     
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    my main concern is the 180w psu i dont care if the performance increase is minimal , u think the 180w psu is going to handle well that cpu?
     
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    Well that's a 57W CPU with an ~80W GPU. I don't know enough about the peak output of the system to say anything definitive about the sufficiency of the 180W adapter.

    Seeing how it was shipping with 4800MQs and 100W GTX 980Ms, I don't see why your proposed setup would be any more taxing. I mean I had that very GT70 years ago.
     
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    ok i found out higher skew gt70 laptops came with 4930/40 cpus out of the box so i guess its fine
     
    panamaniacs2011, Aug 12, 2019
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    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    Expect the battery will run empty (battery Turbo boost feature) and lower the performance after some time with full gaming. @Falkentyne :rolleyes: The Power adaper is too weak providing enough power.
     
    Papusan, Aug 13, 2019
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    Can be used, I am using 4980HQ, but the cooling effect is good, I have changed into water cooling
     
    kind8527, Oct 4, 2019
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