Smyken Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 HiI currently have a M17x R4 with a GTX 675m that started to BSOD on me a month ago when I installed at that time latest Nvidia drivers.From what I have been reading is that NVIDA screw a lot of people with that card as I can find a lot of post with mad people with broken 675m cards.So I'm thinking of a GTX 680m.My question is this:My 675m cards processor is rectangular and I see a lot of GTX 680m cards on Ebay with a square processor.Will my heatsink fit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Yes, if it has any tape marking the core area you just remove it. Try to get the x-bracket though to ensure correct pressure. Plug and play in an R4 . Good luck, I had two 675m's die on me and the 680m is an awesome upgrade even as old as it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyken Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thanks a lot.Found a 680m together with a heatsink that fits my R4 so I ordered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyken Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 When my new/used 680m card arrives then I would like to stress-test it to see that it works 100%.So I would like to ask what's the best way to test a GPU and know that it runs flawless, some graphic test program or just try to play a game at ultra settings for couple hours ?Any suggestions are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poipo Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Furmark, unigine heaven, 3dmark11,3dmark fire strike and game, of course, like crysis 3, watch dogs, tomb raider, and so on.Cheerssss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Furmark, unigine heaven, 3dmark11,3dmark fire strike and game, of course, like crysis 3, watch dogs, tomb raider, and so on.Cheerssss. I'd avoid furmark as (IMO) stresses the card too much . Heaven 4 is a great real-world type test. In game benches are also useful for comparative purposes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domycatlol Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 How about GTX660M, do I need to buy new charger and replace something else if I want to upgrade it to GTX680M? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackyyy Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 How about GTX660M, do I need to buy new charger and replace something else if I want to upgrade it to GTX680M?240W Power Adapter and ICD7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 How about GTX660M, do I need to buy new charger and replace something else if I want to upgrade it to GTX680M?As well as the 240W PSU you'll need to track down a 100w (triple pipe) heatsink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heliumcloud Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks a lot.Found a 680m together with a heatsink that fits my R4 so I ordered.Hi,I also have a 675m and it starts to give me headache as well like many owners.I am also looking to make an upgrade. How is your purchase of the gtx 680m so far? Have you notice any BSOD since replacing with your old card? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runix18 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 As well as the 240W PSU you'll need to track down a 100w (triple pipe) heatsink.If he had the 675m for sure he has a triple piped heatsink (beacuse 675 m is rated at 100w tdp)For 660m it might have only because it's an R4 but i would not bet on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 If he had the 675m for sure he has a triple piped heatsink (beacuse 675 m is rated at 100w tdp)For 660m it might have only because it's an R4 but i would not bet on it.Ahh, Don't know the TDP on the 660m but it's an easy eyball job to check what HS it has. From what I've seen the PSU supplied is the indicator. 180W=75W GPU, 240W=100W GPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runix18 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Ahh, Don't know the TDP on the 660m but it's an easy eyball job to check what HS it has. From what I've seen the PSU supplied is the indicator. 180W=75W GPU, 240W=100W GPUThe tdp of the 660m is 75w..check if you have the triple heatsink... btw 680 is not realy a 100w gpu but for safer reasons is better to have the triple heatsink and as well a 240w psu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The tdp of the 660m is 75w..check if you have the triple heatsink... btw 680 is not realy a 100w gpu but for safer reasons is better to have the triple heatsink and as well a 240w psuRealy? Guess it's just it's specified upper limit? It does run super cool, best I have ever used so it probably is not drawing that much current.I have seen two-pipe heatsinks being re-used on the 680m (twice) and nobody reported overheating issues but they may not have had the sort of overhead I have for overclocking. I go around +35% and it increases in-game temps to 75c from 66c . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runix18 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 so you realy best have a 3 pipe heatsink...more safer for oc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperfish Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have the 120Hz 3D screen.If I put a Clevo GTX680M 4GB in my R4, will 3D Vision work as if it was a Dell card?Will I need a certain v-bios?Will I need to 'inf' mod drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have the 120Hz 3D screen.If I put a Clevo GTX680M 4GB in my R4, will 3D Vision work as if it was a Dell card?Will I need a certain v-bios?Will I need to 'inf' mod drivers?You should only need to mod the driver, The 2gb v 4gb thing is transparent to the driver (or it appears the vbios). With the clevo card you can overclock it over the +135 limit dell set.3D should work fine unless the card vendor ID missmatch causes the validation to fail. Then you just flash any dell vbios to give it a dell vendor AFAIK. and reinstall the driver.And, 3 pipe is safest. Sorry for the delay, this NV cra* is taking all my energies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerMAC Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 what kind of thermal pads I can use for 680m? What thickness? I don't want to use the old one from 660m.edit: I found 5,6,7,11W/mK which one is enough? And thickness 0,5-3mm. which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephemerality Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I used 11W/mK, 3mm in mine, seems to work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerMAC Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I used 11W/mK, 3mm in mine, seems to work well.Thanks, ordered. And you use only this one size? I saw some videos and it looks that there is also 1mm or 0.5mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephemerality Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks, ordered. And you use only this one size? I saw some videos and it looks that there is also 1mm or 0.5mm.Oh sorry, you're right. I had the larger ones for most of it and there are the three raised bits that I used thinner ones on. I think it was the 0.5, but I can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Oh sorry, you're right. I had the larger ones for most of it and there are the three raised bits that I used thinner ones on. I think it was the 0.5, but I can't remember.thermal pads for M17X R4's GPU GTX 680M | NotebookReviewThe two thin pads at the top are around the 3mm mark and if you look at my pic dell use some sort of thermal putty there. As I recall the memory was .5mm (or 1mm) and most of the rest 2mmHTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerMAC Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 thermal pads for M17X R4's GPU GTX 680M | NotebookReviewThe two thin pads at the top are around the 3mm mark and if you look at my pic dell use some sort of thermal putty there. As I recall the memory was .5mm (or 1mm) and most of the rest 2mmHTHThanks, I used Fujipoly Extreme 1,5mm, 11W/mK and also thermal paste because 1,5 was not enough, then 3mm and 5 mm. IC Diamond 7 for GPU. Temperature 3°C higher like on old 660M but I think it's minimum difference. Bad is that I cant use it on 100% because one eBay seller send me broken 240W ac adapter so I still waiting for new one and using old 180W which is not good. BIOS always showing me warning and asking me to change it for 240W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 What max temp was you seeing? Any luck on the PSU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerMAC Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I have black screen with new GTX680. If I use also HD4000 then I see everyting. OS found new graphic card and I install last drivers but when I press atl+F7 to swich for GTX680 after restart all what I see is black screen. What should I do? Flash VBIOS or what?actual vbios version: 80.04.33.00.32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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