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You can put a "standard" eDP display in (like a 16:9 4K panel) but these will take a bit of work to get to "fit", the M6700 was released before the "standard" form factor for these panels had materialized (which Dell started using in Precision 7710). It's possible to fit one in, though. I'm not sure what it takes exactly, but I know that @TheQuentincc had a 4K panel working in the M6700 at one point. The 120 Hz glossy "3D" panel that originally shipped in this system can be fit in without such worries. Sorry, I don't have the model number.

That screen is compatible if you have : - RGB-MB (goes from motherboard to interposer board) cable for the premier color LCD - eDP to LVDS premier colo interposer board - RGB-LCD (goes from interposer to LCD) cable nevermind you have all that, hadn't seen your prior message To be honest it is less of a hassle to get the 3D cable that is actually a standard 40 pin eDP cable + buying a 40 pin lcd, can be 1080p 120hz, 1440p 165hz or even 4k 60hz/120hz. Not to mention that these screens will be better than the premier color 1080p 60hz LCD

I tried it and it works just fine, with the battery draining faster, as expected. Maybe it's the BIOS? I'm on 1.11

This seems a bit flaky to me. They don't give details of the system that these tests were run on. There are anomalies like P4200 actually winning their Vulkan test. I'll admit to not digging into the tests here too much, because I already know how it's going to shake out. I've been closely following this line of systems for 15+ years and this is something that has come up for discussion and testing, over and over and over again. There was a lot of chatter about this on NotebookReview at the time of the launch of these systems. Users who had the systems in hand tried different things. P4200 and P5200 were barely different in most cases. This really started to get a lot of attention with the Pascal generation as it started to become clear around that time how NVIDIA was putting very power-constrained desktop-class chips that could "use" a lot more power into laptops, and the power limit was the limiting factor on their performance. But the same has held true with every generation since then, comparing 4000- and 5000- series GPUs from NVIDIA in mobile workstations. It makes sense, given that the architecture and the power limit are the same. Spreading out the load over more cores is going to help with efficiency, but not to the tune of >10% performance. You're welcome to check yourself if you get one in hand.

Just to let you know, I tried running 3200MHz on both the 7710 with an i7-6920HQ and the 7720 with a Xeon E3-1535M v6, but it wasn't possible. I only managed to get the 7710 to boot once with a single stick in a single slot, but it was extremely unstable. Otherwise, it would always throw memory-related LED error codes and fail to POST entirely. Now just out of curiosity: I once saw a listing on Xianyu for a 7720 motherboard with a Xeon E3-1575M v5 (the one with 128MB eDRAM L4 cache) where the seller claimed it ran 3200MHz stably, but I'm not sure if that's actually true.

Comparison between last years Lunar Lake, and this year AMD and Intel X7 options. Summary Intel X7 is basically a little more CPU power than the old Ultra 9, graphics power about RTX 4050 so much better than anything old integrated. AMD is similar in single tread to Arrow lake, but loses out a little on multi threading. It still clearly wins over Lunar lake quite easily. She mentions that the Aerominium is indeed more stable and feels more premium. It's again very visible in the outside frame of the display if you have or have not Aerominium. Both the new panther lake and AMD have basically zero throttling still pushing 45w into 20 minutes mark. That is pretty impressive so the new fans do work much better. Battery life - now she's comparing an 1 year old Lunar lake model, so I would add a little to Lunar lake. And she compares with max screen brightness. Panther Lake with OLED comes out on top of AMD with the lunar lake last. Differences are rather subtle. AMD for price concious and office work, Intel for gaming and high performance... But yeah - I really guess only the X7 is this piece of marvel - other Panther lake without B390 graphics or less cores will rather feel like an optimized lunar lake - even better battery life but not much performance uplift, and actually worse graphics. I feel the x7 models of many laptops are gonna be sold out soon or as they appear - as word will spread about how much better it is vs older generations or the less able intel products. There must be a reason why LG and others are sending out the X7 models on masse but no other panther lake are widely distributed to reviewers. Also the weight is lower again - the new Aerominium gram pro 16s are at 1195g - so back below 1.2kg.

Willing to buy working clevo p570wm battery. Following battery models will work 6-87-X720S-4271A, 6-87-X720S-4Z71, X7200BAT-8, X7200BAT-8(MERRY) Thank you.

I can smell it, too. This gal let's a Jensen in the car. Or, is it a Nadella? They smell the same. And, I can feel it.

Cracks in Nvidia's armor starting to emerge.... "Exclusive: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives, sources say" OpenAI wants to move to SRAM based inference (Like Apple uses FYI for their M architecture) and exploring alternatives... Google is already turning inward using their own custom designed chips.... AMD is starting to chip away at Nvidia's AI marketshare.... Microsoft questioning the profitability of AI..... I can smell that change in the air ever so slowly....

I love Skillet. I remember going to their concerts as a young adult and they were very young (18 to 21) when they first started the band.

Please, download some benchmark score screenshots, GPU-z, CPU-z and general photo with working P570wm lcd and GPU. thanks

So I must have forgotten just HOW BAD AMD GPUs and to a slightly lesser extent Intel CPUs are for Fallout 76..... Also Intel is always behind that X3D cache...for now I was doing some of my standard static bench runs on the 265k + 9070xt and just going, "why is it so bad?" Problem is I've been playing Fallout76 the last 5 months on a 9800X3D + 5090..... I dug out all my old data from benching in the exact same spot reaching back to the 7900XTX and 13900KS/7800X3D and yeah, now I remember.... 7900xtx vs 4090: 9070xt vs 5090 (9800X3D unable to let 5090 hit anywhere near 100% Utilization or it would have been even more of a blood bath of ~155-160fps+): 7800X3D vs 13900KS w/ 4090: Ultra 7 is even worse as expected than that 13900KS. I wish I had a 5090 when I had my 14900KS as my main driver before switching to a 9800X3D. At least the blood bath wouldn't have been so bad. I might have to re-appropriate the wife's rig for some testing. Unlike her old EVGA DG-77 case, the Vanguard 5090 will fit quite nicely in her Antec Flux Pro. Just swap GPUs and swap in a test NVMe for a night of testing.....She has a 1000w Seasonic in there. Ultra 7 265k + 9070xt is literally the worst of both worlds. Weakest CPU and weakest GPU for FO76. Plays WoW rather nicely and smooth, but this initial Fallout 76 data is about in line as expected with this combo for FO76: Again, for the umpteenth time, if you are a serious Fallout 76 player, GPU has to be Nvidia and CPU has to me AMD X3D. I can't wait to test a Nova Lake chip with bllc (aka Intel X3D) onboard with Fallout 76....

P5200 vs. P4200

Every benchmark that I saw when these launched put the difference at <5% if there was not VRAM pressure.

14% difference i not would call it nearly same performance(both at 100W) but yeah, they r close, n the price difference is huge from P4200 to P5200, for the 14% n double mem u have to pay more then double price 😬 on the other hand, u can cut the TDP from the P5200 to 75W n get the same performance like the P4200 but much cooler n less noisy + double mem. n still 💩 never a P6000 mobile was out(maybe prototypes), a full GP102 at 100-120W with 24GB would be really nice 🤩

Hello everyone. - Dell Precision M6700 with eDP 120Hz display: RTX Ampère and Ada doesn't work. No sign of boot, no splashscreen. Even with the backlight mod cable. - Dell Precision M6800 with eDP display: RTX Ampère and Ada are working. Displays on BIOS and on OS with the backlight mod cable. Exemple: X-VSION RTX 4080 displays on Windows, I didn't try to install the drivers yet because of the incompatible heatsink and pressure. I can't test the TDP. But I think I need to do some EDID manipulation because of the bad X-VSION VBIOS. No EDID manipulation needed for the X-VSION RTX 4070. I'm waiting for a custom heatsink. The heatpipes are already big enough for what is it maybe the plate should be full copper with some tweaks. Could handle max 140W? @Tetsuany news about ZRT?

Tempting? MSRP at $1260.45 (excl. VAT) for the Asus 5070Ti. Only 7 pcs. In stock - And just 1-3 days for delivery. Run and buy while you get it this cheap🤢 https://www.proshop.no/Grafikkort/ASUS-GeForce-RTX-5070-Ti-ROG-STRIX-OC-16GB-GDDR7-RAM-Grafikkort/3331059 But there is still chances to find something out there... As this 5080 for $563.

Your ambient temperature in this photo is 10°F cooler than mine. Congrats on the PSU upgrade.

Replacement PSU as finally arrived. This box is a chonker.....thank you MSI for the upgrade especially considering the original AI1300P was an open box Amazon Warehouse pickup for $144.55 to my door. Every (and I do mean EVERY) RMA I've ever had to deal with MSI has gone perfect. Only knock would be the turn around time which I could see being a problem if it is a critical component. If they had a cross shipping service for RMA parts (not sure if they do?), they would be near flawless. Time RMA generated to replacement/repair received is on par with others before. RMA Generated 1/8 Original PSU shipped 1/9 Marked Received by MSI 1/22 Out of stock and replacement agreement outreach 1/23 (Friday) Replacement shipped 1/26 (Monday) New unit received 2/2 I will continue to recommend MSI for many reasons one being their service and support. ------------------------------------------------------------ Testing out the lower 265k + Z890 AYW tuned up at 8000 rock solid with the Red Devil 9070xt and putting an open box Corsair SL1000 SFX PSU through its paces. I can see why the Corsair SL line of SFX PSUs are the goats. Very cool, quiet and the very thin, soft, properly measured modular cables makes this thing a class above the Lian Li and Coolmaster SFX models I've tested so far. I'll be using the Corsair in my own, personal SFX build outs moving forward.... What makes the Red Devil stand out is how quiet the fans are even under load. That along with very low coil whine makes this thing crazy quiet even running Timespy or testing WoW/FO76. Clocks were boosting max out of the box up to 3275mhz ~100-150mhz higher than the gaming 9070xt out of the box. It is also much quieter both coil whine and fans under load than the Gaming 9070xt but this is to be expected since the Red Devil has a much better heatsink. ~30k stock is about right for the three 9070xt's I've tested so far that were all 3x 8pin designs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm no fan of AIBs overall, but they can only sell what Nvidia gives them and without the OPP program in place from Nvidia, you have the perfect storm of quantity + higher prices overall right from Nvidia. It is disingenuous to keep comparing AIB pricing to Nvidia MSRP pricing. The correct comparison will always been initial MSRP pricing of individual AIB model pricing versus their pricing now. With the lack of supply, I wouldn't be surprised if many of these limited edition cards are nearly impossible to get especially with small runs. 1000 Matrix cards? 1300 Lightning cards? That's nothing and they get snapped up pretty quick especially the Lightning cards. I had zero desire for a Matrix, but that Lightning is much more tempting but I still wouldn't drop $3k+ on a 5090. If you're in the market for a GPU right now? Whew, I don't know what to tell buyers. AMD is still the best value atm even with inflated prices. I'm not a huge fan of the Challenger 9070xt having owned one briefly. Compared to the Gaming 9070xt and Red Devil 9070xt, it felt light, cheap and only had 2x 8 pin leads and clocked much lower out of the box than the other two but bang:buck it is at this moment the best buy for $699.99 at MC and everywhere else it is now $719.99. When it was $569.99 at MC, that was just a killer deal......

Thank you for the reply, Would the LP173WF3-SLB1 F 50pin be what I’m looking for? Or do you have any other screen suggestions more specifically model numbers.

I though M$ was just getting more and more stupid. But actually I'm stupid.....for not realizing they are evil

GPU ... GeForce 980M or Quadro M5000M are the best options for "hassle-free" upgrades in this system. (They perform about the same.) CPU ... only you can decide if it is "worth" the upgrade, but going from 3740 to 3840 is going to be pretty negligible in terms of performance boost, I wouldn't spend a lot on it. If you can get the better cooler for cheap, that's a good upgrade to do, these CPUs will max at 100 °C and thermal throttle under load so anything you can do to help with the thermals will increase performance a little bit. Display ... From what I recall, the original RGB IPS LCD display panel has been pretty much impossible to source for years now. You could get the 120 Hz display (Samsung I think?). It was marketed as the "3D" panel, but the 3D functionality won't work with a Maxwell GPU installed. It will still work as a nice 120 Hz 1080p panel. Note that it is glossy, not matte. It doesn't need a replacement lid or the interposer board, it just needs the "3D" eDP cable. (You will probably have to do a BIOS reset to get it to work after replacing a LVDS display.)

Just to add, on the heatsink adventure. Stumbled across this gem for the “A” heatsink but could be utilised on our hybrid solutions Heatsink heat pipe bridging in short it’s bonding the cpu and GPU pipes together. Appears to gain a 5 degree drop

Its their way of fighting antisemitism on the platform, It was never about chinese spying well in the past it was but not anymore, it was because there was too many Anti-israel posts on the app posted by young people criticizing Israel actions after Oct 7 so our government forced Bytedance to sell it to US backed companies mostly to Oracle which is owned by Larry Ellison 2nd richest man in the world and best friends with the PM of Israel. Tiktok users data are now in the hands of Oracle and there are more censorship on the platform than ever before. Its a long messy story.

Howdy, I’ve had an m6700 for about 5 years now and the only upgrade I’ve done is an m3000m. I would like to get the most reasonable upgrades I can and don’t want to mess with the p5000 or anything that’s just gonna be a massive headache, would the 980m be the best upgrade? Or is there one better without much hassle. I also have the i7 3740 and was wondering if the 3840 is worth the upgrade and if getting the 55 watt cpu cooler would help the 45w processors. Lastly what exact screen (model number) should I get for the edp upgrade? I have a complete nos lid top with the rgb screen connector and driver board, so I just need to know what screen to get and if the original is good enough or if there is a slightly newer better panel that would work. Any help would be very appreciated because I love this laptop and want to get as many years out of it as possible! Thank you.