I'm missing the old school 1920x1200 and have a x701 to play with. I bought 1200p screen, a 920xm, it already has RAID and the fx 2800 (if anyone knows a sure fire way to get a better gpu without risking the laptop I'm interested), I have 32gb of ram and a few spare SSD.
Is there anything else I can upgrade or you can recommend?
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Best possible upgrades for w701?
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Re: Best possible upgrades for w701?
That's pretty much it..... Maybe you can modify the cooling system a bit so that you can overclock the i7 920xm to something like 3.6Ghz (without throttling).
If ever there will be a way of upgrading the graphics card, then one should definitely go for it..... But now W701 and its parts are still too expensive for experiments of any kind. :/
If ever there will be a way of upgrading the graphics card, then one should definitely go for it..... But now W701 and its parts are still too expensive for experiments of any kind. :/
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Big ones: W701 top config T63p QX9300|8G|UXGA T61p dead, please go die as well nVIDIA
Small ones: X61sp P8800X61t SXGA X201 NIB
86 airplane models/ 27 ships/ 21 computers/ 300GB databases/ 0 girlfriend
It's always happier to live in lies and delusions.
Re: Best possible upgrades for w701?
In theory you should be able to use a 3800M. According to the wiki that was an option on the W701. Those seem to run $90-$220 on ebay right now.
If you're more ambitious you could possibly buy a Precision M6500 or EliteBook 8740w with a 3800M and swap it out and resell the laptop.
EDIT: actually it sounds like Lenovo does some tricks with the video BIOS that may prevent 3rd party cards from working.
http://ridingtheflow.blogspot.com/2011/ ... nd-of.html
If you're more ambitious you could possibly buy a Precision M6500 or EliteBook 8740w with a 3800M and swap it out and resell the laptop.
EDIT: actually it sounds like Lenovo does some tricks with the video BIOS that may prevent 3rd party cards from working.
http://ridingtheflow.blogspot.com/2011/ ... nd-of.html
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