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With way things are going I'll be sticking with 10 for another couple of years until support for online gaming with that OS is dropped.
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Precision M6800 questions and upgrades
nforce4max replied to Jers6410's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
My daily is EDP and you will have to heavily mod an nvidia heatsink due to the ofset core though thankfully uses a normal x bracket. Be mindful of the vrm as supposedly that is a weakness of HP's mxm cards from this generation. All in all it works well and performs well without being a furnace though I always manually set the fans just to be sure. No special vbios and used nvcleaninstall to install the driver. -
Precision M6800 questions and upgrades
nforce4max replied to Jers6410's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
Been daily using the 4940MX and though it runs hot honeywell ptm7950 really did wonders as normal thermal compound suffered from pump out that resulted in 100+ on a good day. The main downside of the 4980HQ is they're pretty rare on all the usual sites like eBay. Might get one myself someday but don't want to burn a lot of money doing so. -
This is a good one for the playlist at work.
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When shopping around besides the usual price and capacity I always look for the TBW/DWPD ratings as well the nand type.
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It is moments like this why I need to buy one of those adapter cards (mxm to desktop pci-e) for testing instead of depending on spare laptops due to the extra wear on connectors etc. As for the card if it is not shorted then it could be anything perhaps something went open.
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M4800 Owner's Thread
nforce4max replied to unnoticed's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
The gpu itself is already on the thick side compared to the norm for these machines however the coils block the cooler so either mod the cooler or get a thick shim. You can diy one by sacrificing a unneeded for the cold plate then cleaning it up. The laptop body will need some metal work for the card to mount correctly. Lastly the rear USB/esata port has to be removed otherwise you'll never be able to physically fit the card as it is much wider than a typical card. -
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Without any bios modding the best that can be done which requires some BGA work is going to be a i7-2715QE and it will likely throttle. With more effort mainly towards modding the bios there is a chance the i7-3615QE will work as well and is obviously faster. Here is an example of such a project.
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M4800 Owner's Thread
nforce4max replied to unnoticed's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
It does and I bought two of them but have held off for now, really do need a custom heatsink to begin with but with the pcb being wider than normal is an issue. Edit: Just sized it up again and the connector will have to go but beyond that it will fit however there is some capacitors on that side of the card are blocked. The metal clip for the display cable has to go and the guides for the clip as well the heatsink also has to go. Lastly the coils are blocking the heatsink from making contact with the core so some modding is required. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
Been daily using a RTX 3000 (HP) in an M6800 for over a month now and good so far though it is an EDP version so yours should work just fine in the M6700 depending on the card as the HP version takes some effort to install. As for getting the RX at this point who knows as sometimes people have ran into some really odd issues. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
All of mine are lvds and I've read comments on the old forum that it doesn't work in the M18X R2 so I haven't tried it. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
That doesn't surprise me as I've had similar experiences where some cards just worked in win 10 while there were issues with 7 for example. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
Sigh, give it one last shot in the m6700 with the IGP driving the display and see what happens. If it doesn't work out there then this card probably isn't suitable for laptops. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
Should if the card supports edp otherwise it is probably only good for a SFF desktop. If all else fails you could try to see if it plays nice with an IGP in either the M6700 or M18X to help rule out some other odd compatibility issue like system bios or the EC etc. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
I think that there is a good chance it will work as I got an M6700 with the same panel and it worked well with an WX 7100. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
Would it be possible to give it a go in your second m17x r4 with the 120hz screen as that should be edp. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
Be sure to check if your M6700 has an edp screen, if not then there is a chance it might have the same results as the M17x R4 as it is clearly not playing nice with the IGP. If it doesn't play nice with edp then this experiment would likely rule out this card from being a viable option for laptops. -
RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol
nforce4max replied to ssj92's topic in Alienware 18 and M18x
I have to assume that it doesn't support LVDS and a big maybe for EDP hence not working in peg mode. If the m6700 has an edp screen it is worth a shot despite all the work needed. -
There is some real eye bleedingly bad heatsink mods in another thread to ruin your day lol.
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M4800 Owner's Thread
nforce4max replied to unnoticed's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
Boards are very cheap right now even compared to food right now (amazing times for all) and chances are good that everything else is going to be ok. -
Personally I would look into modifying the spring clip rather than chopping up the fin stack to make it all fit but either way the HP version is a real piece of work to physically install.
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Precision M4800 + HP Quadro T2000 upgrade
nforce4max replied to Trov's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
Much rather just toss in a Quadro M2200 for low effort or a Quadro T1000/T2000 with some effort.- 45 replies
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