ATI 6970M in a GX660R

Has anyone managed this yet?



Someone has tried and apparently succeeded. I received these pictures (from a customer of MXM Upgrade) of part of the 5870 heat sink that needs to be cut so that the 6970 can fit. That's all the modding that's required for the 6970 to work!



Can someone upload some better pictures?

Reply 1 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

good news, but were we can get the card

Reply 2 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

mxm-upgrade

Reply 3 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

Eurocom sells the 6970M for $575. What makes me wonder is that they list the card with "TDP 75-100W". It's very weird, as AMD's specification states that 6970M has TDP of 100W.



GX740 + 6970M anyone?

Reply 4 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

MXM-upgrade offered me a buy and try type of thing, where if I could not get it to work, and documented what I tried and made a report, they would fully refund my money. I decided that I didn't want to drop the $600US to try, and then possibly be out a 5870 heatsink as well. Now I'm thinking with that small modification I might just go ahead and buy it. Anyone think the 660 can handle it with my 920xm as well? I'm just worried now that with my 920xm the heat may be too much for this laptop to handle. But a 920xm and a 6970m would be a great combo that would last me for a long time.

Reply 5 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

Is there a European seller?



I have a 920xm and I am also worried about the heat. But I have noticed that whilst I play games the CPU temps don't go over 65c.

Reply 6 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

Wow 65C, mine goes up to in the mid/high 70s C. I think I'm going to repaste it today. Did you use the pea method? I'm thinking I'm going to repaste it, and try that, and make sure I push down on the heatsink really hard.

Reply 7 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

I would be worried with how the notebook handles the power, my guess is that its not going to be pretty if the mobo gets fried

Reply 8 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

I used the line method. I was going to the use the cross method but the Arctic MX4 was so thick that this was not possible. I screwed the heatsink back on very tight. I am currently getting 44 to 49c on idle.

Reply 9 : ATI 6970M in a GX660R

I just repasted, and it I got the idle temps down to 47C. I used a much smaller amount, the pea method, and pressed a large amount of pressure down on the heatsink after application. I thought I broke the motherboard after I heard a small cracking noise haha. With a youtube video and typing this the CPU is at 50C so thats much better than before when I was over 60C.



Would the motherboard really fry?