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good afternoon everyone, i was trying to go through most of the thread but i was very confused which clevo 680m vbios to use and which is most updated. could anyone help me? im not looking for the overvolted vbios. thanks edit: i should be more clear. there are just many links to different oc vbios with stock voltage but none have a modified date so i have no idea which is the most up to date. again my gpu is the p150em clevo 680m. the vbios im currently using is one from this thread but like 12mo old lol

That's great. It seems just the modified vbios sent me from ~5800 to about 6200. Running 915/2150 I reach about 7200 in 3dmark11 which is a huge jump on stock volts. Temps went from about 74 to 79 however, though definitely still safe. All of 3dmark11 benches run without any artifacting, but between tests there is sometimes some flashing lines of static that I believe are just due to changing resolution from 1080p (native) to the 720p used during testing. Should I be worried? Also, what does GPU-Z report others' 680m Asic quality? Mine reads 66%.

Thanks Sekence. I was just curious because I used nvflash to backup my 80.04.29 vbios which is ~88kB, while the modified 80.04.33 vbios is almost double that at 157kB. Although there's probably nothing to worry about, should I be concerned before I flash from the old 29 to the newer 33? I was going to use a fat32 Usb win98 boot drive just because I've never had any problems with it before.

I really like the increased interest in e-GPUs. In the future, I'd like a super-efficient and power-saving CPU that can handle daily tasks with an integrated gpu, but then come home to some kind of desktop gpu inside an externally powered case with fans. Maybe the back of the laptop has a bay that plugs directly into the card enclosure like an external PCI slot? I think the problem is just finding a connecting medium that can support the huge bandwidth a desktop GPU would require (I don't see why you can't use a direct PCI slot like the old days with video game cartridges). Personally, I'm a huge fan of Sager and even Asus, Lenovo, and the new Sony laptops. I like the understated look as opposed to the flashy Alienware/MSI looks. Though I admit I'm definitely a sucker for case LED's.

I'm a little disappointed. Most of the big gains only appear in specialized tests that uniquely target Haswell features. Of course you would expect Haswell dominance when older generation CPU's don't have the dedicated features. When it comes to Desktop Haswell: While the integrated GPU upgrade is welcome, there was no surprise that AMD APU's would still be better. Honestly I believe this is rightly so. In my opinion, Desktop Intel should be suited best for high end clock-for-clock CPU performance while if you want gaming performance or special modeling or design software, get a dedicated GPU (which will win 100% of the time). Even for cookie-cutter work PC environments that only need a CPU and integrated graphics, what is the difference between running Excel or Word at 60 fps or 80 fps? And as far as general CPU performance, gains were only 5-13%. I am excited about the chipset changes though. I always welcome more Sata6 and Usb3. What I hope to see in Mobile Haswell: This is where the i-GPU upgrade will really help. I would really like to see power consumption and heat levels as well, not to mention the addition of more chipset ports. I still don't like the movement toward soldering the CPU into the motherboard.

I had this issue when I flashed a custom vbios to my 460m on an Asus. Try -nvflash -4 -5 -6 newrom.rom

Only the G73jh is able to upgrade cards as far as I know. It has to do with the actual MXM slots on the laptop.

I hate to be Debbie Downer, but the only reason the 7970m and 6990m (also 6970m) work on the G73jh is because that specific model has the correct standard MXM slot. All the other G-series models use the in-house Asus MXM slot that is both model specific and only accepts Asus mobile cards. Thus flashing wouldn't be necessary since you could not even install a new card correctly.

I have a 9150 and I was curious about power consumption. Because the np9150 only has a 150W adapter, would I be safe using your Prema Bios with my 3630QM (45W TDP), and svl7's 680m vbios mod? I was thinking in the future maybe increasing GPU voltage to 1.0 or 1.025 at the most, would these strain my power adapter? Of course, I don't plan on gaming on battery, only using the IGP for documents and saving gaming for AC power.

Could someone point out the differences between 80.04.29, 80.04.33, and 80.04.67? I have a NP9150 with the 680m with the .29 vbios (not sure why it shipped being so old), but I'm debating the .33 vbios with increased clocks but stock voltage or a newer one. Edit: Also, this may be a dumb question, but GPU-Z reads my ASIC quality as 66%. That seems absolutely lousy.

Honestly, I would not suggest it. While it might get you 2 or 3 MHz like darkhawk says, it is very possible you could brick your system. 2-3 Mhz is an absolutely tiny amount compared to the turbo of ~3 Ghz. Plus such a small improvement won't be noticeable, especially in gaming. Like darkhawk said, while a CPU is important in gaming, the GPU is used up and bottlenecked much quicker. Unless you have a 680m or 7970m I wouldn't worry about the CPU (even then it would only be neck-to-neck).

Also, what drivers for your 675mx are you running? There was a big BF3 improvement recently. Also, keep in mind the 675mx is similar to a 560ti so you should be getting some pretty good fps. You might try ThrottleStop if you are having stuttering.