Question What's the strongest half-height MXM graphics card?

[dcx114515]

As I mentioned in the title,I'm now using a overclocked Quadro M2200 in my dell m4800,but I want a better GPU.Are the any better choices except for the 1050ti?

 

[DavidM012]

A similar question to yours on dell

'The most powerful GPU that will go into the M4800 would be the M2200. If you do any upgrades past what is in there right now, you will need to mod the drivers and disable "driver signature enforcement" '.

It be looking like you already have the most powerful gpu it will support.

 

[dcx114515]

A similar question to yours on dell

'The most powerful GPU that will go into the M4800 would be the M2200. If you do any upgrades past what is in there right now, you will need to mod the drivers and disable "driver signature enforcement" '.

It be looking like you already have the most powerful gpu it will support.

Actually I’ve already modified the driver to make the M2200 work in my M4800, so I’m wondering are there any new MXM GPUs that can fit into this.Modded drivers will be okay tho.

 

[DavidM012]

That isn't how things work unfortunately. The mobo would probably need a bios update in tandem with new releases of mxm and they probably aren't running that program. Best case scenario would be you put a 3060 in it and it simply doesn't work worst case scenario you put a 3060 in it and it smokes the mobo. Having paid over the odds for an mxm form factor card in the first place.

 

[dcx114515]

That isn't how things work unfortunately. The mobo would probably need a bios update in tandem with new releases of mxm and they probably aren't running that program. Best case scenario would be you put a 3060 in it and it simply doesn't work worst case scenario you put a 3060 in it and it smokes the mobo. Having paid over the odds for an mxm form factor card in the first place.

Thx for the reply anyway, I think you've probably misunderstood me, what I'm looking for now is a MXM 3.0a card that is better than the M2200, btw aren't all of the MXM 3.0a cards compatible with each other? They are using the same PCI-E protocol and the same port.

 

[DavidM012]

Tom's guide has a list of successfully upgraded mxm laptops. Looks old.

You don't want to sell death sticks. You want to go home and rethink your life.

 

[dcx114515]

Tom's guide has a list of successfully upgraded mxm laptops. Looks old.

You don't want to sell death sticks. You want to go home and rethink your life.

I found a MXM T1000 here by aetina, which seems to work in my M4800.

 

[DavidM012]

doesn't look like a huge upgrade - technical city 45fps at 1080p on witcher 3 as opposed to 30 fps (high preset). Your link says 'get a quote' that probably means the price of this item is embarrassingly high. I see one for £150 used on ebay.

I've tried witcher 3 at 720p / 80 fps and it looks horrible.

 

[dcx114515]

doesn't look like a huge upgrade - technical city 45fps at 1080p on witcher 3 as opposed to 30 fps (high preset). Your link says 'get a quote' that probably means the price of this item is embarrassingly high. I see one for £150 used on ebay.

I've tried witcher 3 at 720p / 80 fps and it looks horrible.

Makes sense tho, could you send me the link on ebay? I'll go and check it out.

 

[DavidM012]

voila

 

[DavidM012]

I don't tink it's mxm

 

[dcx114515]

I don't tink it's mxm

The card you showed me is a MXM. Unluckily this is a mxm 3.0b card. But my m4800 only accepts mxm 3.0a card.

 

[DavidM012]

t'was the only search result.

 

[dcx114515]

t'was the only search result.

Alright I give up with the T1000. Seems like there's some kind of P2000 with mxm on a Chinese shopping website called TaoBao. Maybe that'll do?

 

[DavidM012]

Though it scores higher in some bench metrics gaming performance is the same as m2200 - Technical city - no point in spending anything on it.

 

[dcx114515]

Though it scores higher in some bench metrics gaming performance is the same as m2200 - Technical city - no point in spending anything on it.

Alright then, what about the gtx 1650?

 

[DavidM012]

Better but you could still be frame limited by cpu anyway and it doesn't have a bench for the mxm 1650 but the results should be similar nothing here that won't struggle to get 1080p ultra.

 

[dcx114515]

Better but you could stiill be frame limited by cpu anyway and it doesn't have a bench for the mxm 1650 but the results should be similar nothing here that won't struggle to get 1080p ultra.

CPU shouldn't be an issue, I'm now using a i7-4930mx which got a performance similar to i7-4770k

 

[DavidM012]

still have to find one

 

[dcx114515]

still have to find one

welp I got that quote for the t1000 i just mentioned.the price is so freaking high. about £600.

 

[DavidM012]

you could practically build a new pc for that or simply put that towards a better laptop. Not worth it. Well a gaming laptop with a 3060 is probably over £1200. But the t1000 simply isn't worth considering anyway.

 

[dcx114515]

you could practically build a new pc for that or simply put that towards a better laptop. Not worth it. Well a gaming laptop with a 3060 is probably over £1200. But the t1000 simply isn't worth considering anyway.

Alright I give up. I'll take your advice, it's so freaking annoying to look for a graphics card for my old laptop.

 

[DavidM012]

Indeed.

 

[DSzymborski]

Alright I give up. I'll take your advice, it's so freaking annoying to look for a graphics card for my old laptop.

It's highly annoying, but in a world in which laptops are extremely proprietary, partially in response to fierce competition for size and weight, there are so few laptops that can be meaningfully upgraded that even upgrading those is a very expensive, inefficient nightmare. Until this paradigm changes -- if it ever does -- it's best to consider any laptop frozen at its specs (with the exception of things like storage and RAM) and save upgradeability for your desktop.