YES!!!!! IT'S OFFICIALLY WORKING NOW ON WINDOWS 7!!!
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Now time to hit the GYM first before I tell you guys the secret![]()
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Hell yeah Omega! You made my day ;-) Congratz! Hope you tell us the secret soon, can´t wait cause I´ll be installing it on W7 too
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There you go. I hope I gave some good information with this one.. Just go back to the basics when installing..
I think I'm going to get lots of likes with this one lol!!! jokeLast edited: Dec 2, 2014 -
ok guys i am not that expert
i purchased the 980m . it's on the way from usa
now , once it's here . what software modifications i have to do ?
suppose the card will appear as standard vga card . how can i get PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV and SUBSYS_ for my card ? after i press search for a selected OS ( mine is 8.1 ) , what driver should i download ?
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With the updated 344.80 drivers, shadow play is fixed for me. It was a performance killer on 344.48 for me. Just tested a round of BF4 now with the new drivers and it was fluid and beautiful.
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How to get the driver and modified inf file for the 980m on gt70 guys ? On laptop2go you must desrch using PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV and SUBSYS . How do I aquire them ? And on the website you can only download the driver.how can I get the modded inf file so I can resume as talon instructed ?
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On lv2go no need to search if you use their modified inf - just find a driver that has a modified inf and matches your OS. The recent drivers do support Vista/Win7/Win8 simultaneously. The inf includes about every hardware ID under the sun and if you do find an unfamiliar it will be added as fast as possible.
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Ok . I'll give it a go
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Yeah good question will this upgrade hold back our driver updates from nvidia or is it as simple as using the inf code?
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Killerinstinct Notebook Evangelist
Have any of your guys tried out HDMI 2.0 yet to see if you get 4K@60hz?
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4k out for me at 60hz would only be supported by the display out I believe. But that is already occupied by my 144hz screen. I can't go back to 60hz anyways after having 144.
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what about my gt 16f3? what output does it give? 2k or 4k? So hertz is much better right?
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MSI USA - Online Technical Support FAQfelix3650 likes this. -
Yup! Kevin is right. HDMI and DisplayPort connections are linked directly to the PCIex port, and thus get controlled by the Nvidia card (Meaker keeps repeating it always
). The Intel iGPU is responsible only for the internal LCD controller (Optimus limitation) and for the older VGA port.
No HDMI 2.0 for notebooks on this generation. Maybe future products will feature it but as I see it DisplayPort is better suited for that task for its higher bandwidth and versability (simultaneous Half-Duplex data incluing USB, 16bit video resolution and up-to 8-channel 24bit uncompressed audio). Also the connector is used even for Intel's Thunderbolt HDD connection (on Apple products for now).
I think that in the future we will have only 2-3 types of general-purpose connectors (one dedicated for audio+video) (one exclusively for data and syncronisation) (the last one for networking)Kevin@GenTechPC likes this. -
What happened to Troy? I thought he got his 980m?
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@Omega,
Instead of providing you with just a screenshot of my GPU-Z, I made a BF4 video with High settings, and then switch to Ultra settings. The video card is OC to +135/+100mem. Luckily shadow play was just having issues with the older driver, but seems to be working perfectly now. So I think the performance loss should be very minimal compared to when not recording with it. The only thing I still notice is that it can cause a slight microstutter once in awhile. I've always seemed to have that issue, even with my older 780m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsQgpBDOW1Q
Make sure you select 1080p 60FPS to see it in all its glory.
I think it shows the 970m is a beast of a card. Stayed pegged at full clocks and awesome temps the full 18min video. I love it.everythingsablur likes this. -
Hey guys is there any way to just buy a new GT60 heatsink anywhere? If you could just buy one of those you could skip doing the modding(even though it is simple) and literally only have to worry about the thermal paste and vbios.
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Hey everyone! Just want to make a little report as for temperatures.. will run more benchmarks a bit later. But I have to say that in Far Cry 4 after hour of intensive gameplay temps dropped 10 degrees celsius on GPU (used to have 95 with GTX780M now 85 max) so that is awesome! I repasted even the CPU and now am 5-6 degrees lower then I used to be. So don´t worry about temps even if you buy a GTX980M because it´s still lower on temps than GTX780M!
As for the install I have done everything that you (Talon) advised and it really went smooth. You just have to get rid of a little part of heatsink to fit all in.. then just some thermal strips, thermal paste and you´re good to go
I recieved package from Nexoc.de today and it was really well packed. One smaller box in another far more bigger filled in with air cushions. So can only recommend shopping at NEXOC.DE ;-)
The card is the same for Clevo etc. with blue PCB and below is screen from GPU-Z. Everything is running on a MSI GT70-2OD. So anyone hasitating about upgrade DO NOT! My framerate in FC4 on max setting without anti-aliasing DOUBLED! So that should be enough arguments why to DO IT!It´s a beast :-D
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Hi, I'm new here, Im the owner of MSI GT70 2PC with 870M and I would like to upgrade it to 980M, but I'm not good at technical things and not sure if it's possible. This is how my 870M looks like:
In compare to 980M and 970m pictures I noticed that there's 2 additional "black pads" on 980M:, while 970M architecture is more similar to my 870M:
Can you tell me if I would be able to make to upgrade to one of these beasts, what changes have to be made on my GT70 to fit them?
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Hey Scoorpy the difference is just in missing memory modules but the heatsink should be the same. So just "pick your path" and choose on of those bad guys ;-)Then just follow Talons first post to modify your heatsink to fit new card apply few thermal pads and off you go
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Hello everyone, new here and this is my first post =)
I suspect that the graphics card (675m) on my laptop is going out (getting random BSoD while gaming -- tried fresh install of windows, old drivers, new drivers... everything I can think of and the problem doesn't seem to be going away. Uninstalled the Nvidia drivers and ran everything on HD4000 graphics and not a single problem... so that is what leads me to think it is the graphics card.
Anyways, I just wanted to get a confirmation from you guys if my laptop should be compatible with the GTX 970. My laptop is from Cyberpowerpc but based off the MSI MS1762 (which I think is the GT70?)
Processor and Video card are:
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-3610QM Mobile Processor 2.30 GHz 6M Smart Cache, Max Turbo Freq. 3.30 GHz
VIDEO: NVIDIA GTX 675M 2GB PCIe Video (NB-366-202)
From what I've read it seems (short of probably needing to mod my heatsink) there shouldn't really be any problems?
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I will post some ss on 3dmark13 soon. Can't wait to benchmark this baby hehe... btw
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Yes your notebook (MS1762 board GT70) should be compatible with the 970m and it should run fine with modded drivers. Power wise the 970m is leaps and bounds more efficient than your current card. And performance is almost double.
Regarding the heatsink I'd advise you to get a 770m/780m heatsink as yours is a bit different from the newer models and maybe some component placing is different too.
Get the card, mod the heatsink & drivers and you're good to go!
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Congtratulations man. Nice job. The pasting should be good too to be able and reach those temps on FC4 (pretty demanding game GPU wise).
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@Omega, you would probably see some benefits from upgrading your Ivy Bridge CPU depending on which one you currently have. If you have the cash and plan to keep the laptop for a good bit now, I would probably try and jump on an XM CPU and Overclock it. If not maybe just a 3820 or 40 and overclock that with its unlocked multipliers.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Origina...=100011&prg=11353&rk=1&rkt=10&sd=271658642597
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So a mobile extreme cpu really helps too right ya? ok then i think thats the last upgrade for my gt 60. But for now the 3610qm still is good for mefelix3650 likes this. -
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Ok back to topicAn extreme CPU will not bottleneck the 970m as with its larger cache and higher peak clock will be able to feed more data during the most demanding moments of a game (hardware wise).
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I should have some spare IC7 tube around. Maybe I'll use that.
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Felix just one offtopic question. I see in your signature that you got 2TB WD 15mm HDD fitted in. Did it fit without any problems or any modifications were required? I´m now on a Hitachi 1TB 7200 RPM drive but still fighting for space eventhough I have some network drive and external USB :-D
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and what are the different kinds of thermal pastes ? what is liquid metal ?
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