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    MSI GT Series GT70 0NE-452US Notebook - 7970M upgrade possible

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by athosprv, Apr 22, 2013.

  1. athosprv

    athosprv Notebook Enthusiast

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    As title shows, i am wondering if upgrading to the 7970 GPU would be possible. If so, what bios/heatsink modifications should i do?
     
    athosprv, Apr 22, 2013
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    No, AMD cards are not compatible.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 22, 2013
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    The only unit I am aware of that supports AMD is the GX60. MSI almost exclusively sticks with NVidia and Intel chips.
     
    Prostar Computer, Apr 23, 2013
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    I think their GX series are AMD, and GT have been Nvidia graphics cards usually. But some are interchangeable, like mine.
     
    Talon, Apr 23, 2013
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    The mainboard made for nVidia Optimus enabled are different. It won't work with AMD's Enduro technology, therefore, it can't switch to AMD GPU:

    3630QM-7970M-1.JPG

    3630QM-7970M-2.JPG

    3630QM-7970M-3.JPG
     
    GenTechPC, Apr 23, 2013
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  6. qweryuiop

    qweryuiop Notebook Deity

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    Lol, looks so promising, device manager detects it but drivers dislike the card even with msi vbios i believe? Did anyone compare the gx60 bios coding and gt60 coding just to extract the script for enduro? I thought the hardware design for enduro and optimus is the same but different bios coding section
     
    qweryuiop, Apr 23, 2013
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    The gx60 uses an amd chipset and cpu so good luck comparing anything to the intel one.

    You just get a black screen even with an msi card.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 23, 2013
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    fanfafifa Newbie

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    is there a place i can buy a gt 680?
     
    fanfafifa, Apr 27, 2013
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    januszzbych Notebook Consultant

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    januszzbych, Apr 28, 2013
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    The GT70 0NE-452US should have come with a 680M by the way.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 2, 2013
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    Plus the good old GX740. ;)
     
    Marecki_clf, May 5, 2013
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  12. ryzeki

    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    The GX versions are AMD GPUs equipped. GX740, GX640, GX660 etc etc and now GX60/70
     
    ryzeki, May 6, 2013
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    Yeah it would be nice to see a intel + AMD GPU setup from them for more choice but they may not want to validate it or confuse their lineup.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 6, 2013
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