521mb 7900GTX, 7950GTX, FX2500m users.

Emlyn_Dewar · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:06

512mb 7900GTX, 7950GTX, FX2500m users.

Anyone still using a laptop with one of the above cards in?
I just picked up an 512mb FX2500m off Ebay US for £130, really looking forward to it arriving as it should be a nice enough boost from my 256mb 7800go.

Anyone running some of the newer games on them? How do they cope? My native res is only 1440x900 so I reckon that, Crysis aside, I should be able to drag this laptop out for another year running reasonable levels of detail.

Indy500 · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:08

The 7900\7950 carry slightly lower clocks than their desktop counterparts.

Emlyn_Dewar · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:24

Yeah, been looking around at some benchmarks on other sites and it is definately going to be a nice boost over what I've got. Will have to do some fun time plastic cutting to jam it inside the 9400 but anything that drags the lifespan out a bit more is always a good thing.

mitch212k · 20 Mar 2008 at 20:34

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Anyone still using a laptop with one of the above cards in?
I just picked up an 512mb FX2500m off Ebay US for £130, really looking forward to it arriving as it should be a nice enough boost from my 256mb 7800go.

Anyone running some of the newer games on them? How do they cope? My native res is only 1440x900 so I reckon that, Crysis aside, I should be able to drag this laptop out for another year running reasonable levels of detail.

They're graphic design cards? They ain't gonna play games very well.

edit : the 2500M

Hugest_UK · 21 Mar 2008 at 08:56

mitch212k said:
They're graphic design cards? They ain't gonna play games very well.

edit : the 2500M

Its essentially a 7900GTX with a different bios modified to handle cad software etc better but it plays games just fine. If you dont know what your talking its usually wise not to post :rolleyes:

Usually a few frames a sec slower than a 7900GTX but hardly noticeable. Should be a good upgrade for you.

Cheers,
Hugest

Emlyn_Dewar · 21 Mar 2008 at 09:56

Yeah, I did look around for a while, I was thinking about a bios flash to 7900gtx but since it'll be using modified drivers anyway, there isn't much point.
For the price I couldn't say no really, missed out on one in the UK by a couple of £ a few weeks back, it'll be worth the wait to get this. Aside from a new CPU and a bit more memory there isn't much else I can do, but I enjoy using this laptop and just can't afford to go for the M1730 right now.