DellBoy

Well the CPU had enough cores/threads when it came out and I don't see that things have changed that much with regards to video editing requirements. Unless maybe people insist on editing 4K/8K video. And yes there has been tests done on Windows 10 with an mPCIe form factor Google Coral TPU in the 1/2PP (MC) slot, and an M.2 form factor one with an adapter in the ExpressCard/54 slot. See the newer comments at the post below: https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/precision-mobile-workstations/dell-precision-m6800-slot-motherboard-12mc-pp/647f7f3ff4ccf8a8dedb7309

Whether there's a need for it or not is kind of irrelevant, as most of the mods here aren't exactly necessary. I thought it was all about just seeing what was possible? And 16GB is not enough for a lot of people who run mobile workstations, heck the M6800 is literally meant for photo and video editing as part of its reason for even existing.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk much about RAM upgrades for the M6800. There was a guy on YouTube who said that he was able to upgrade to 64GB with the only requirements being an i7 processor and the latest BIOS update. As you know the official max is 32GB. However, I bought a 64GB kit of RAM that was the exact same specs as my 32GB, just double in capacity, and it just threw up RAM errors. I tried every stick in every slot combination. Has anyone else tried 64GB? It makes sense that it could be possible as many E-series Latitudes of that era have been confirmed by multiple YouTubers to be able to take double the officially stated maximum, with for example, 8GB limits actually taking 16GB.

You are indeed correct about the CPU not needing drivers, apologies as I was thinking about the chipset drivers. Thanks for the further clarifications as well.

As the 4980HQ is an unsupported CPU with no specific M6800 drivers, is the full performance and L4 cache actually able to be utilized? Are there any caveats such as having to run a specific version of Windows or Linux?

Hi guys, I'm new here so I hope it's OK to start a new topic in this context. Over the course of several months last year I put together a website all about the Dell Precision M6800. I first got one back in 2019 and have since fell in love with these older mobile workstations. I have also acquired much information on the machine, both through my own experimentation and research, and from scouring the web. Having pages and pages of notes I made the website first and foremost as a sanity project, to force me to go through and organize everything into a semi-coherent state. The site is currently hosted at one of my free webhost accounts, hence the funky address. I have been thinking about giving it a proper domain name but will see if there's enough interest as part of my decision to commit to spending actual money on it. The site is entirely hand-written old-school HTML as that's what I like to use, with the added benefit of keeping it as lightweight as possible. I'd love to hear your thoughts, good or bad, and recommendations for any additions. One of the areas that I don't have much experience in that I wouldn't mind expanding on is the use of unsupported graphics cards (I know there's a whole community around that), so would be open to hosting decently-written guides with pictures. LINK: DELL PRECISION M6800