Grimm6Jack

Would also like to know this...

But I found on ebay a seller saying that this type of 1070 is possible on clevo p870dm:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NVIDIA-GTX-1070-N17E-G2-8GB-DDR5-MXM-3-0-Module-150W-Upgrade-Kit-/112144267554?hash=item1a1c51b922:g:p9IAAOSw44BYePr-

I kind of plan to get a notebook that handles 2 1080s in SLI in 2017 after I sell my desktop and current laptop, there are very few choices:

MSI GT83 Titan SLI - SPECIALTY: Mechanic Keyboard

Asus GX800 - SPECIALTY: Watercooling

Clevo P870X(DM3-G) - SPECIALTY: Desktop CPU

All of these have their own features, and all of them have their own ups and downs.

I would like to hear your opinion about which laptop you would buy(if you could or can) and why. I want you to disregard looks because that's pretty subjective.

Or would it be best to wait for the 2017 Acer 21x Predator that will feature a whooping 21 inch Curved Display, a mechanical keyboard and 5 cooling fans? But I fear this one will be quite pricey and it's weight will be quite something to consider as well.

So... give your opinions.

Would also like to know, just in case...

38 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

I love big, heavy, powerful monster laptops. Traveling with them is fine, too. I've never had any issue with it and I've done it a lot. I think it's more fun than toting around a wimpy little pansy-boy BGA turdbook.

 

The P870DM-G is still a fine machine that is totally unmatched by anything other than the P870DM2/3. And, it can be upgraded to 1070. 

 

What happened is certainly not ideal. It's a shame, in fact. But, I doubt it was malicious as much as just stupidity and not thinking ahead on Clevo's part.

I love them too. Design-wise, and also because of their much greater hardware specs and upgreadable ability. Altho for me, it's only Clevo and MSI(don't like Alienwares and ASUS). Clevo has that desktop CPU sweet-spot, MSI is a beauty.

Yeah, you can upgrade to a 1070, but you can't SLI and upgrade to 1080. :S

Although, gaming in a 17 inch display, I personally think FHD is more than enough and for a 1070, that's already pretty enough performance power to run any game at ultra high fps. And it's also very future for the next gen of games. But yes, for more enthusiast people, it's still a stupid decision. Since this model supports QHD and UHD pannels, as well as 120hz pannels that with a 1070, in some titles, you can't max out.

41 minutes ago, clark97 said:

Strange??? my 170SM is running Prema with a 980M with modded vbios and I have to mod .inf to get the drivers installed ???

Even with the modded vbios you had to get the .inf drivers?

Researched a bit and found this guide: http://null-bin.blogspot.pt/2015/03/upgrading-clevo-p150sm-from-gtx-770m-to.html

He does talk about changing the .inf drivers but he at the same time states that if you use Prema's vBIOS you won't need to modify your driver at all.

Well, I'll take the risk and will buy a Maxwell card anyway and will try it. If I'm successful I'll even upload a video about it since there are none in the internet, at least about the P150SM.

2 minutes ago, Khenglish said:

Some prema mod require a .inf mod for the 970m and 980m, and some don't. He has special non-public mods for many systems that circumvent the .inf mod requirement.

 

As for compatibility with the P150SM, you don't need any modded bios at all. It will work with just a .inf mod. With a 180W PSU you actually do NOT want to run a prema vbios, as prema disabled the power limit. With that off your 180w psu will shut down in games if you get a 980m, even if you don't overclock. If you run the stock 980m vbios your 180w psu should just barely be ok.

 

You can flash the p150sm prema mod system bios if you'd like, but it is not essential.

Thanks for the info. Yes, I was already planning on buying a 230w adapter for my P150SM from ceghardcustoms. 230W is definitely enough to run a 980m with a MQ(or even MX) processor without overclocking and using High settings at most at 900p. ... Right!?

7 hours ago, Prema said:

https://twitter.com/PremaMod/status/798959599940292608

3rd generation processor?

A 1060 in a P150EM?

You've done it again man... So I do have hope for my P150SM in the future.

D*** these Bios restricting pieces of .... Why the hell they don't make this just like desktops, replace and go!?

P870DM owners... Feel sorry for them.

Less than 1 year later, the exact same design, the P870DM3 is available with 1070/1080 sli options while the P870DM can't get past a 980(desktop)...

And not to mention that this is an extremely expensive machine, you can't get a new one for less than 2000$.

Terrible... Just terrible. Upgrades are better for everyone and everything, less, much less waste of resources. But companies get so greedy they just want to make everything dispoasable so you can buy a whole new expensive system a year or two later...

Still, a desktop will always be better and cheaper. Just not mobile but fuck that since power hungry laptops like the P570WM or P870DM are so heavy you would need transportation to travel with them anyway unless for really short distances.

So basically I downloaded the mod from here https://biosmods.wordpress.com/p150sm/

Followed all of the instructions and was successful.

PS: Donated 5€(isn't much I know, sorry, but am in a tight budget right now). Will donate more in the future.

So, now that I did this, will I be able to just mount a 970m/980m in my P150SM, install the NVIDIA drivers accordingly(before installing them, of course, uninstall the drivers of the previous graphics card, the 770m) and be ready to go and play some games?

I really need to make sure of this because if it's not possible at all, I'm going to lose a lot of money because not only are either of those cards expensive as all hell but I'll have a hard time reselling them from where I am from(Portugal).

1 hour ago, D2ultima said:

You will likely need a Prema mod.

 

180W and 980M should be generally sufficient if at stock and undervolting the processor, I think. The only issue would be whether your cooling can handle it, but I think it should be ok.

Only Prema Mod? Nothing else at all? IF that's all that I'm supposed to be doing, that's good. But need some clear info.

Hi, I have a Clevo P150SM (Not SM-A, just SM) with a GTX 770m, bought over 2 years ago.

I wanted to upgrade to a GTX 9xxm series, a GTX 970m or even a 980m to max it out. However I have 2 issues.

I don't know if I have to do something on the BIOS for the 9xxm series card to work, I hear a lot that I have to modify the BIOS but it's not clear so I would really appreciate if someone knowledgeable adresses this for me.

The 2nd issue, is more to do about the 980m only. My Clevo P150SM has a 180W power brick, I don't intend to overclock anything, be it CPU or GPU and I'll play at 1600x900 with mostly high/some ultra settings(no AA or MSAA) with V-Sync ON. I'm sure a 180W brick can handle a 970m + a 47W processor (i7-4910mq) but I'm no so sure about the 980m, which is the one I have my sights on, so is a 180W brick safe or is it recomended to get a 200W+ power brick? And if so, where can I get one that's capable of connecting to the P150SM(with the Barrel Round Plug Tip).