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Hmmm.... This looks tempting... I agree that buying an nvidia replica is risky as F, but what do you think the risk would be in buying the genuine nvidia GPU from a Chinese retailer? Should I be worried about being scammed?
 
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You have larger difficulties swapping a card not known to be configured on an Asus and have it function as desired than getting a GPU itself in your possession.

If its a non soldered card, and known to be manufactured for Asus, from Asus. Then its usually just a matter of knowing the correct order of events to make this work as needed.

The BIOS mod for the 670mx is quite popular now, its no surprise you cant find a spot that sells them for the price mentioned.
 
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Hmmm.... This looks tempting... I agree that buying an nvidia replica is risky as F, but what do you think the risk would be in buying the genuine nvidia GPU from a Chinese retailer? Should I be worried about being scammed?
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Thats exact my thought. maybe order something cheap to test?
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My guess is that ..
- if its no scam
- and no fake replica

..it might work, simple. It just has to be original from asus for the chinese market.
But no one can guarantee that its no scam and that you wont get a GT450m with a fake bios
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If its a non soldered card, and known to be manufactured for Asus, from Asus. Then its usually just a matter of knowing the correct order of events to make this work as needed.
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Thats exact my thought. maybe order something cheap to test?
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Ehhh... afraid to test since it's my only rig and it's a laptop... if it were a desktop rig I'd be on this like white on rice!!
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If its a non soldered card, and known to be manufactured for Asus, from Asus. Then its usually just a matter of knowing the correct order of events to make this work as needed.
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I've actually read from the ROG forums that this is true. Since the cards are formfitting to the specific Asus series, apparently my best bet (smartest?) would be to get a newer card from another G series, to ensure it'll fit. Apparently this laptop has an odd GPU configuration I'm still reading up about.

In related news; I think I'm going to start saving for the inevitable day when I will need to build a new rig, but I'm still going to try this out once I feel EXTREMELY comfortable that it'll work and not brick my precious. (It's already been back to Asus for repair because of a BIOS update...which THEY recommended lol).
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Thats exact my thought. maybe order something cheap to test?
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My guess is that ..
- if its no scam
- and no fake replica

..it might work, simple. It just has to be original from asus for the chinese market.
But no one can guarantee that its no scam and that you wont get a GT450m with a fake bios
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You know of non Asus cards that work on Asus laptops?

Also upgrademonkey and NBR marketplace are the place to go for trusted resellers
 
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You know of non Asus cards that work on Asus laptops?

Also upgrademonkey and NBR marketplace are the place to go for trusted resellers
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Aah ur right, asus got its own formfactor for their GPU´s in laptops afaik
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Even then your usually stuck in the same generation usually I believe, though there was a guy who got his 5870m to 6970m on a g53 with some modding
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I might be wrong, but I could swear I saw a thread on ROG forum where a guy swapped a GTX660M for a 770M. My other concern about this is whether or not it's worth the money to do this. As rare as these GPU's seem to be, I can't help but wonder if (when the time comes) I should just sell the G75 and take the money I would have put to a GPU toward a new rig. Lots to think about the more I think about this project.
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EDIT: I really don't want to part ways with it though lol
 
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Its for people who really enjoy their platform, and want to keep it longer than what is generally specified. with a mix of knowledgeable and bravery lol

Though with how hard it is to change the GPU, and being limited to only Asus GPU's kind it kills it (for me personally)

Im one to talk though, with 755m from Lenovo that I cant flash or swap for something else lol. No one cant tell me I cant mod them though
 
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Its for people who really enjoy their platform, and want to keep it longer than what is generally specified. with a mix of knowledgeable and bravery lol

Though with how hard it is to change the GPU, and being limited to only Asus GPU's kind it kills it (for me personally)

Im one to talk though, with 755m from Lenovo that I cant flash or swap for something else lol. No one cant tell me I cant mod them though
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Love your "I do what I want!" attitude about modding LOL!

Yeah I wish I had thought this purchase through a lil better. I know laptops are always limited in some way as to how much or what components can be upgraded, but it wasn't until after I bought this thing that I realized there are other laptops that are a little more upgrade friendly. I just can't fathom why ANY company would make a gaming laptop that can't be upgraded... I mean the whole PC gaming market is obsessed with modding/upgrading. Guess they just wanna force us into buying new rigs instead of components. Damn you Asus!!
 
#33 ·
Modding heatsinks is a relatively simple process, nothing as complex as soft modding or vBIOS flashing. It only requires courage to open your chassis and then it really begins there. Though the easiest way to decrease your down time is to order a spare heatsink to work on then you just plop it in when your ready.

Well every company is guilty of it on some measure here or there, some better than others.

If every laptop was just simple to upgrade, we would all likely be on M15x's running i7 940xm's and GTX680m and call it a day
 
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I haven't even thought about modding the heatsink? I need to look into that... I'm not squeamish about opening the chassis, esp. since I live w/ a electronics pro who can save my ass if I do something stupid. Just wanna make sure I have as close to complete understanding of what I'm going to do before I make the leap.
 
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I myself have been looking into adding more heat pipes, but have already adding copper heatsinks on top the existing heatsink for my m11x R2 I used to have. Just have to make sure you avoid heatsoak though
 
#38 ·
I guess what I'm confused on is what exactly is being modded about the heatsink? I'm not necessarily looking for an answer, I know I gotta do my own leg-work
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. But thanks for introducing me to this idea! Definitely something to give some thought.
 
#39 ·
Rough up the existing copper a bit with a wire brush, including heatpipe. Then flatten the surface of the aluminum that covers the CPU/GPU and add mosfet heatsinks to that flat surface.

Generally what it entails but everyone does there own thing



 
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