Highest/Fastest CPU that D900K (AMD) 7700 ... ... I have a AMD 7700 laptop and was wondering what the highest/fastest cpu it will support? It currently has a a ...

Garfieldww · 07-10-2008, 07:34 AM

I have a AMD 7700 laptop and was wondering what the highest/fastest cpu it will support? It currently has a amd athlon 64 x2 4400+ 2.2 ghz dual core. Newegg has a great deal on a quad core proc, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...L1B-_-19103244 but i dont want to spend the money if its not supported.

Thanks for the help.

marker01 · 07-10-2008, 07:55 AM

Sorry thats a socket AM2+ and the m7700 has a socket 939.

far as i know the fastest process you can use is the AMD FX-60

Garfieldww · 07-10-2008, 09:58 AM

Ok, thanks. Its confusing because the 4400+ comes in 2 flavors: AM2+ and 939.

Garfieldww · 07-10-2008, 10:00 AM

also doesn't the dual core end up being faster than the single core fx-60 anyways?

marker01 · 07-10-2008, 10:09 AM

kind of yes. the fx processors were designed More for gaming calculations. at its timethere wew no multi threaded games, so dual core just used one core.

i just did a 5 second check on amd about the fx. i don't know but there might be a better 939 processor. i had the 4400+ in my M7700 too.

hulioni · 07-10-2008, 11:35 AM

FX-60 was dual core. Think it was the fastest available for S939 (above the 4800+). Prolly be hard to find these days though. You could also look for Opteron S939 chips as they were offered in the MJ series of 7700 like mine for a short while.

I think there might have been a new bios to support the FX-60, so make sure you are at the latest bios they offered.

Hammerhead · 07-11-2008, 03:11 PM

Like hulioni said, the bios is the issue here. I'm not sure Alienware sold the m7700 with anything faster than the FX-60.

You should check for the latest bios for the Clevo d900k. Clevo might have put out a newer bios to support newer chipsets, but AW wouldn't have that if they never sold the platform with the parts in question.

07-10-2008, 07:34 AM	#1
Garfieldww Hates clevo, but likes AW Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 154 Credits: -82	Highest/Fastest CPU that D900K (AMD) 7700 will support? I have a AMD 7700 laptop and was wondering what the highest/fastest cpu it will support? It currently has a amd athlon 64 x2 4400+ 2.2 ghz dual core. Newegg has a great deal on a quad core proc, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...L1B-_-19103244 but i dont want to spend the money if its not supported. Thanks for the help. __________________ 2005: Phase 1-14: 4/25-5/2 5/6 Laptop touched down in my house Area-51m 7700 Windows XP pro w/ SP2 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey Intel® P4 540J 3.2GHz 1GB DDR2 2 x 512MB NVIDIA GeForce™ 6800 Go Intel® High-Definition Audio 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Internal Wireless 802.11b/g miniPCI Card Free Premium Backpack (after arguing with CS for 1hr 16mins)

07-10-2008, 07:55 AM	#2
marker01 marker02? Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: At Work Posts: 828 Reviews: 9 Benchmarks: 11 Credits: 18,214	Sorry thats a socket AM2+ and the m7700 has a socket 939. far as i know the fastest process you can use is the AMD FX-60 __________________ Alienware M11x 3dmark06:7725 GeForce GT 335M i7 640UM 1.2~2.2Ghz Alienware m15x 3dmark06:10043 GeForce 8800M GTX C2D T9300 2.5Ghz iPad M11x iPad xps13 mini9 m15x m5550

07-10-2008, 09:58 AM	#3
Garfieldww Hates clevo, but likes AW Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 154 Credits: -82	Ok, thanks. Its confusing because the 4400+ comes in 2 flavors: AM2+ and 939. __________________ 2005: Phase 1-14: 4/25-5/2 5/6 Laptop touched down in my house Area-51m 7700 Windows XP pro w/ SP2 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey Intel® P4 540J 3.2GHz 1GB DDR2 2 x 512MB NVIDIA GeForce™ 6800 Go Intel® High-Definition Audio 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Internal Wireless 802.11b/g miniPCI Card Free Premium Backpack (after arguing with CS for 1hr 16mins)

07-10-2008, 10:00 AM	#4
Garfieldww Hates clevo, but likes AW Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 154 Credits: -82	also doesn't the dual core end up being faster than the single core fx-60 anyways? __________________ 2005: Phase 1-14: 4/25-5/2 5/6 Laptop touched down in my house Area-51m 7700 Windows XP pro w/ SP2 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey Intel® P4 540J 3.2GHz 1GB DDR2 2 x 512MB NVIDIA GeForce™ 6800 Go Intel® High-Definition Audio 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Internal Wireless 802.11b/g miniPCI Card Free Premium Backpack (after arguing with CS for 1hr 16mins)

07-10-2008, 10:09 AM	#5
marker01 marker02? Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: At Work Posts: 828 Reviews: 9 Benchmarks: 11 Credits: 18,214	kind of yes. the fx processors were designed More for gaming calculations. at its timethere wew no multi threaded games, so dual core just used one core. i just did a 5 second check on amd about the fx. i don't know but there might be a better 939 processor. i had the 4400+ in my M7700 too. __________________ Alienware M11x 3dmark06:7725 GeForce GT 335M i7 640UM 1.2~2.2Ghz Alienware m15x 3dmark06:10043 GeForce 8800M GTX C2D T9300 2.5Ghz iPad M11x iPad xps13 mini9 m15x m5550

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07-10-2008, 11:35 AM	#6
hulioni I didn't do it Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In a Van, Down by the River Posts: 8,076 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 72,507	FX-60 was dual core. Think it was the fastest available for S939 (above the 4800+). Prolly be hard to find these days though. You could also look for Opteron S939 chips as they were offered in the MJ series of 7700 like mine for a short while. I think there might have been a new bios to support the FX-60, so make sure you are at the latest bios they offered. Last edited by hulioni; 07-10-2008 at 11:43 AM.

07-11-2008, 03:11 PM	#7
Hammerhead Community Rep Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In my house Posts: 9,770 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 4,711	Like hulioni said, the bios is the issue here. I'm not sure Alienware sold the m7700 with anything faster than the FX-60. You should check for the latest bios for the Clevo d900k. Clevo might have put out a newer bios to support newer chipsets, but AW wouldn't have that if they never sold the platform with the parts in question. __________________ Alienware m9700 Turion 64 ML-44, Nvidia 7900 GS 512 SLI, 2GB, 17" WUXGA, 100GB 7200RPM SATA NCQ, 8X DVD+/-RW, Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card w/ Airgo MIMO Technology, respawn, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition with internal NTSC tv tuner, black remote 3dMark05 9880 stock, 11,026 OC

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