Bet my new card is smaller than yours! - The return.

Meaker · 27 Apr 2011 at 23:41

Straight from Dubai:

HD6770M 1GB GDDR5

725/800 default clocks.

Should be a nice upgrade from the 5730 and a lot cooler than the 5850 and give me some battery life.

spleenharvester · 27 Apr 2011 at 23:59

And that cost you how much?

Meaker · 28 Apr 2011 at 00:44

Will be about £140 when all is said and done.

Orcvader · 28 Apr 2011 at 00:48

Pfft, now I want your laptop

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So you don't have the card yet? Get some temps/performance comparisons when you're done?

tonyt3rry · 28 Apr 2011 at 00:54

I didnt know you could add graphics cards to laptops niceeeee

Meaker · 28 Apr 2011 at 00:56

Is in transit, get it early next week.

Only very specific machines can upgrade.

Since this is an MXM-A card there are a few around that can take it.

Sure i'll post some benchmarks.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Apr 2011 at 01:08

Now you just need to bolt an Accelero S1 on there....

Meaker · 28 Apr 2011 at 01:15

Ha, if you look the new cores use less power than the 5670 cores (in the 6670 cards) and the mobile cards will be the lowest power consumption silicon of all.

Plus I have a 0.5A 5V Fan anyway, that's 2.5 watts just on the fan lol, it can push a LOT of air.

Either way at the same core speed (The 5730 I am using atm is at 875/1100 from 650/800) it should with the GDDR5 use a similar amount of power.

sihart25 · 28 Apr 2011 at 21:25

didnt know you could buy mxm cards where did you get yours from if it doesnt break forum rules?

Efour · 28 Apr 2011 at 21:44

sihart25 said:
didnt know you could buy mxm cards where did you get yours from if it doesnt break forum rules?

Straight from Dubai:

sihart25 · 28 Apr 2011 at 21:54

cool was looking to upgrade my laptop hd4500 mxm type a so was interested in buying one of these. you will have to tell me how it runs and how hard it is to swap

Meaker · 28 Apr 2011 at 22:22

How hard they are to swap depends on the notebook, mine is a total disassembly, others are just a panel and 4 screws.

I am testing out a new source with these so once I receive it and confirm everything is above board I will be happy to report the source.

Meaker · 29 Apr 2011 at 00:07

This is the state my laptop is in when replacing the graphics card:

Also running 8 gigs of ram

Card is now in Germany, making its way closer

chaparral · 29 Apr 2011 at 10:25

Meaker said:
Card is now in Germany, making its way closer

Card now on my doorstep

Meaker · 29 Apr 2011 at 10:28

Heh, what use would you have for it?

Departed Germany at 3AM.

Meaker · 30 Apr 2011 at 12:44

Card is now in the East Midlands. It's got to make its way up to Edinburgh now.

chaparral · 30 Apr 2011 at 13:13

Meaker said:
Heh, what use would you have for it?
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Ebay it

Meaker · 30 Apr 2011 at 23:25

chaparral said:
Ebay it

The card deserves better treatment than that.

Alexrose1uk · 1 May 2011 at 11:09

Enjoy, I seem to remember reading they run in a similar performance region to the 5870m, although I think the 6870m is the direct replacement with similar performance, with the 6970m being quite a bit faster.

Meaker · 1 May 2011 at 12:15

5850M GDDR5 will be the closest card.

6870M = 5870M (same chip, much like 6770 = 5770 desktop)

However the 6870M is clocked lower than the 5870M :S

Note that the pictured card is equipped with hynix T2C ram (1250mhz rated) so I hope I get a nice mem overclock