The Official MSI GT60/70 970m/980m Upgrade Thread

While the chances are good there can be the odd vbios issue (not all 680M systems work with the 780M). Hopefully not though

 

This may or may not give you some guidance on whether to flash the MSI vbios or not. MSI posted a new EC as well as a new BIOS for the GT60. At least they did for the one in my signature anyway. Anywho, the description for the EC specifically mentions the 970m/980m. I'm having trouble posting a picture of the page, so here is the link:

MSI Global - Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Motherboard, Graphics and more

Here is the link for the BIOS too, in case you are interested:

MSI Global - Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Motherboard, Graphics and more

 

Thanks for the response Meaker. Do you know if a GT60/70 would boot on iGPU if the system had a less than favorable response to the MSI vBios? If that were the case, I would hopefully flash the card back to the stock Clevo vBios.

Actually I did see that a few days before I got my 970m. I opted to not flash the BIOS or EC with those updates as I wanted to see if the system would work as is. Not to sound all conspiracy theorist or something, but after reading about Alienware issues using the new cards, I thought about what if a manufacturer released bios updates to somehow block upgrading to newer tech. I would hope MSI wouldn't do that but who knows these days.

 

i'd like to see some gaming performance . try to run crysis 3 and far cry 3 or 4 or other-like demanding games on maxed out everything .and post pictures - if possible - with the results or just tell us the average FPS

 

Just installed and ran Far Cry 3 maxed out (including 8x AA) at 1080p for about 5 minutes. Avg about 35fps. Stock clocks on GPU. Maxed out settings except at 2x AA showed around 55 Avg.

I had an OSD as well to show clocks and temps.













I wish these photos didn't look so bad haha. The in game video quality is obviously very different.

 

Got your specs now. hehe thanks

 

Fantastic - that's what I thought, but I wanted to make sure. Yeah, I'll see how I feel a little later when I have the spare cash to drop on a GPU if I'll go for the 10xxx series or not.

Don't blame you at all - that's pretty much the reason I wanted to confirm it would work with mine if I did it as well, because I'd rather not have a large paperweight .

Thanks again for the info!

 

It would likely not boot in anything but igp only mode and the card would not be reachable.

 

really nice !
can't wait for seeing crysis 3 on this
god if only i had like 900 USD right now i'd give me a great christmas gift by purchasing the 980m

 

what is your asic card 970m gtx? boost max?