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I just bought I new Gigabyte p25v2 laptop with all the latest hardware aside from one piece... the GPU. It has an 8g 880m.
I jumped the gun too early...
I just heard the 980m is now available. 1 week after I made this tough decision I have to face the ultimate harsh reality of my choices. Haha.
What should I do? I guess I thought of a few options...
1.Return this laptop (if I can) and wait until I can afford one with a 980m.
2.Wait to buy a 980m (just the card) and try to replace the 880m by myself or with extraneous professional help. Can I even do this?
3. Keep the 880m and "suffer'.
What do you guys think? This has kind of ruined the new lappy for me to be honest.
I jumped the gun too early...
I just heard the 980m is now available. 1 week after I made this tough decision I have to face the ultimate harsh reality of my choices. Haha.
What should I do? I guess I thought of a few options...
1.Return this laptop (if I can) and wait until I can afford one with a 980m.
2.Wait to buy a 980m (just the card) and try to replace the 880m by myself or with extraneous professional help. Can I even do this?
3. Keep the 880m and "suffer'.
What do you guys think? This has kind of ruined the new lappy for me to be honest.
Khuligan
October 15, 2014 2:14:57 PM
Eximo said:
I've read a lot of bad things about the 880m and how it is actually worse then the 780m even though they are essentially the same chip. Some sort of bug that a set number of crashes will cause the GPU to throttle itself permanently until the BIOS is flashed and an older driver is used.Replacing a GPU in a laptop is possible, just not that convenient. Usually requires significant disassembly of the laptop and replacing all the thermal compound and thermal pads to do it properly.
I would make every effort to return it, or literally tell the vendor you have buyer's remorse and see if they will cover the upgrade for the price difference.
I appreciate the honesty. I think I might try to push it tomorrow. If not I suppose I should just return the laptop. It sounds ridiculous but when you spend over a thousand on something it becomes an extension of yourself.
Before I bought it I was reassured the 980m wasn't meant to be that much more of an improvement but the recent benchmarks tell a different story.
I can run Shadows of Mordor on ultra though.
JobCreator said:
Are you kidding me? You have an 8GB graphics card in that thing and you're upset about it? Dude, what are you trying to do with that laptop that you need more than 8GB of DDR5 GPU? That 880M is blazing.Pretty sure I would want a Maxwell GPU over a thrice re-branded Kepler when talking a few weeks. If I had had the 880m for a few months, might be a different story.
I've read a lot of bad things about the 880m and how it is actually worse then the 780m even though they are essentially the same chip. Some sort of bug that a set number of crashes will cause the GPU to throttle itself permanently until the BIOS is flashed and an older driver is used.
Replacing a GPU in a laptop is possible, just not that convenient. Usually requires significant disassembly of the laptop and replacing all the thermal compound and thermal pads to do it properly.
I would make every effort to return it, or literally tell the vendor you have buyer's remorse and see if they will cover the upgrade for the price difference.
Replacing a GPU in a laptop is possible, just not that convenient. Usually requires significant disassembly of the laptop and replacing all the thermal compound and thermal pads to do it properly.
I would make every effort to return it, or literally tell the vendor you have buyer's remorse and see if they will cover the upgrade for the price difference.
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