Ms514

Hello: The NP9170 (P170EM) I have can accept a 980 per previous posts. It has a displayport. Does anyone know if the upgrade will allow 4k output to a 4k monitor? Thanks

Prices for the 9XX (and the rest - even the 670mx is being sold at 460...wow) series would put me well on the way to a gaming desktop PC or even a new gaming laptop. I guess I will go that route when ready.

Thanks. Sigh...I think given the cost associated with the upgrade, I will stick to the overclock of the 670mx for now and then build out (probably a desktop this time - other devices can handle the mobile needs) a desktop to last another 10 years.

Yeah, it appears that even a minimal amount of dirt and debris in the heatsink and fan cause a LOT of change in the cooling profile. I opened up the NP9170 recently as the fans were switching on and off a lot. Looked inside - not much. Just a thin coating of dust on the fan fins and the heatsinks barely had some dust on them. Cleaned them off and the sound was a completely different laptop - quiet unless under full load. Was shocked.

Try taking a gaming PC to a professional meeting...Clevo is one of the few that lets you get away will looking professional.

Has anyone tried premamod and then used Nvidia Bios Tweaker to alter parameters such as voltage and clock speeds? Anyone able to post their stable configs for the bios for 670mx? Thanks.

Hello: I have a NP9170 with a 670MX. I am trying to overclock, but it may not provide the gains I am looking for. I have been looking at potential upgrades , and they seem to be either the 680M or jump straight to the 970M or 980M. AMD side, it seems to be the 8XXX series. I am trying to find out which graphics card would provide the best bang for the buck. I would play at 1080P, no antialiasing or ansiotropic and would like to be closer to 60 FPS. I know the 7XX, 8XX series Nvidia cards are cheaper (eBay used), but is it the power consumption that is preventing those from being options (standard MXM cards) or are they viable alternatives? Thanks

Hello: New guy here. I flashed with the premamod (THANKS!), but I noticed that the core clock dropped to 324 from 615. Is this normal? Running a benchmark seems to have halved the framerate.