buy 7950 go gtx 512mb

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news.... but here goes..

The Clevo D900T motherboard has a NOTORIOUSLY high failure rate. A lot of people have come to the conclusion that it will do no good to pour any more money into a D900T-based laptop.

I had a Sager 9860 laptop with a D900T, and the motherboard failed multiple times in two years. In fact, this motherboard was SO BAD, that it drove my warranty service, ATS Warranty, out of business.

Your problem may not be your video card at all, it may be your motherboard.

If you are not actually having problems with your laptop, and you are just asking about a video card upgrade, then thank your lucky stars! You are one of the lucky few!

Alienware put out a D900T laptop, the Aurora m7700. Those who are under warranty, have been having a lot of issues, sometimes requiring replacing replacing multiple motherboards. Those who are no longer under warranty, Alienware will not even do an out-of-warranty repair on the 7700.

Seriously, if your D900T is still working well, DO NOT MESS WITH IT. Adding a 7950 GTX to it could cause it to have heat failures, etc.. Changing the motherboard for a vid card upgrade, could saddle you with a lemon motherboard, just like so many others.

By the way, the D900T will not accept a 7950 GTX card unless it is above a certain revision, which if you've had your laptop for a while, it won't.

I contacted Sager about getting the motherboard and vid card upgraded in my 9860. It will cost me $1000.00 + shipping both ways. And that's WITH a 10% discount for Clevo D900T customers.

At this point, you would be best served by getting a new laptop. Do not go with Sager, whatever you do. They sold the D900T model laptops through resellers, then abondoned any responsibility for a BAD DESIGN.

My D900T system is failing as we speak. I am going with an Alienware Aurora m9750 with dual 7950 GTX's.. They are on sale now, and you can get a pretty good SLI setup for about an even $3000.00.

Again, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Russ

if your motherboard is revision 6.1 or 6.2 then you can upgrade to the 7950 gtx. the only thing you have to make sure you have is the 220w power supply and not the older 180w version that original came with the 9860.

you should be able to buy the 7950 from any sager reseller in europe i believe. i do not know any of them, though. you can also just buy one from sager direct and have international shipping. the euro is stronger than the dollar so you may be ok here.

btw i am greek, too

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=91510

go to that link and you will be able to find resellers in europe. it is a nice guide on the d900 series notebooks.

it appears that you will still need a new power supply if you upgrade to the 7950 gtx as even the new revision motherboards will run on the older power supply if the geforce 6800 is still in there. just make sure your power supply is rated at 220 watts or else you will have stability issues. you can easily check the revision of your motherboard by opening up the ram bay and there will be a little white sticker in there telling you what revision it will be. it will say something like REV 5.x or REV 6.x. make sure it is the 6 series revision.

If you cant get it from Europe you could try buying it from the US and getting it shipped to Greece. Last time i checked www.rjtech.com had them on sale for 549 USD and when i asked them a few months ago they said shipping to Cyprus would be 100 USD so i think that should roughly be the same shipping costs for Greece. I didnt buy it in the end as i thought it's too much money to spend.

Xeretismata apo Kipro file.

Ego eixa idi dosei kai arketa gia na allakso to motherboard epeidi eixe kaei opote eimai ligo epifilaktikos gia na ksanadoso tosa gia mia karta grafikon... An kai o logos pou pira to D900T itan epeidi nomiza pos itan efkolo stin anavathmisi (den iksera oti tha eprepe na allakseis motherboard gia na mporeis na allakseis karta grafikon kai malakies) mallon tha peraso me tin palia mou 6800 gia akoma kanena xrono kai meta tha paro ena entelos kainourgio mixanima. Skeftou ti thes esi kai pes mas. Ta leme argotera.

Sorry about the whole Greek thing people. What i said is that i allready gave quite a lot to swap my motherboard when it recently got fried so i cant justify spending even more money to get the 7950GTX. The main reason i got the D900T is becasue i thought it would be upgradable and stuff but as everybody else i didnt know it would require motherboard changes etc. Now i do have the latest motherboard revision but the old 3.6GHz P4 is getting too old to justify spending so much on a graphics card which is not even DX10 capable. I guess i'll just limp along with the old 6800 and get a completely new machine in a year or so.

One thing's for sure though I wont be getting a powerhouse like the D900T was. In the end all we (the first 9860 users) were doing was beta testing for Sager...

Hi there, i'm looking at buying the sager 9621, what are the problems with this machine if any?

Hi there i didnt see the new posts. Well i got from Sager so i have the original 9860 but now with a 9890 motherboard. I'm currently in the UK now studying and i ordered it just when i came here. Luckily i didnt pay any taxes because i am not a UK resident so it came out pretty good for me. I dont think i'll buy another machine that expensive from the US again as it may be cheaper but has a whole lot of other issues. I haven't looked at prices in Europe for the D900C but if i would buy i'd probably buy it from Europe. Not from Cyprus though because electronics are freaking expensive there!

Best of luck Bill

rjtech has the cards i believe

Anyone find a legit place to buy a 7950 for a 9860? I have been looking and I had no luck.

www.rjtech.com

Wow, 549.00!! They are awful proud of them aren't they?

Quite... I stopped looking at 7950 prices but this place was the cheapest i think. Occasionaly you see one pop up on eBay but because its auctioned the prices tend to go over $600

Well I am pretty sure my budget will not allow me to be running SLI anytime soon