M15x with Clevo GTX 980m results

[deadsmiley]

This appears to be limited to around 80w.   It's running very cool at about 78c for GPU Hot Spot.  I had read on the old site that the GTX 980m was a no go due to heat.  I am guessing that the issue was an unlocked card?  Even with the TDP limit, it's a significantly faster than the M4000M.

 

 

The hardware ID is different from the Dell card so the inf mod required a bit more work.

Modified inf file for driver version 511.65: nvdmig.inf

13D8 = Dell GTX 970m

13D7 = Dell GTX 980m

1617 = Clevo GTX 980m

Firestrike graphics score is about 21% higher than my Quadro M4000M

Quadro M4000M

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/11965759

 

Clevo GTX 980m

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/27146752

 

 

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by deadsmiley
Added modified inf file.

[ssj92]

On 2/4/2022 at 11:02 AM, deadsmiley said:

This appears to be limited to around 80w.   It's running very cool at about 78c for GPU Hot Spot.  I had read on the old site that the GTX 980m was a no go due to heat.  I am guessing that the issue was an unlocked card?  Even with the TDP limit, it's a significantly faster than the M4000M.

 

 

The hardware ID is different from the Dell card so the inf mod required a bit more work.

Modified inf file for driver version 511.65: nvdmig.inf

13D8 = Dell GTX 970m

13D7 = Dell GTX 980m

1617 = Clevo GTX 980m

Firestrike graphics score is about 21% higher than my Quadro M4000M

Quadro M4000M

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/11965759

 

Clevo GTX 980m

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/27146752

 

 

 

I'm going to be performing this same upgrade in a week. Hopefully it works out. I will try to limit mine to 90W instead of ~80W though if I can.