Upgrading GPU on Precision M6800

Officially supported Nvidia GPUs:
Quadro K3100M
Quadro K4100M
Quadro K5100M

Works using modded drivers:
Quadro M3000M
Quadro M4000M
Quadro M5000M
Geforce GTX 980M 8GB

Should work if your M6800 has an IPS screen and modded drivers
Quadro P3000
Quadro P4000
Quadro P5000

On a personal note... I am not a big fan of the heatsink setup in the Precision M6800.  Unlike all of the other 17" Precision laptops in recent history, the GPU is only cooled by one of the two cooling fans in the system.

Do i need to change heatsink and cooling fan if i changed from firepro m6100 to gtx 980m

Welcome to the Dell Community @ahmadhelmy 

Heatsink yes.

Fan no.

https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=142&subid=469&refine=heatsink

Best regards,

U2

Is there any chance to use the amd heatsink for the gtx.maybe if you know modding solution cause i cant find the gtx heatsink online

Thanks in advance

@ahmadhelmy 

Depending on the location of the video chip on the board.

And the chipset that surrounds that chip.

All must have contact to the heatsink.

I could check the ones I have and let you know if I have one.

Do you live in the US???

Best regards,

U2

Thank you very much for replying and I appreciate your effort

No I am living in Egypt

If you please check your gpu, heatsink and tell me what you found

Thanks in advance

@U2CAMEB4ME 

@ahmadhelmy 

We needed some extra space in warehouse so the warehouse techs stacked all the m6400, m6500, m6800's etc. on one pallet.

We have a shipping container of laptops, hopefully it will be going out early next week.

After that I should be able to check the m6800's for the card and heatsink.

Let you know what I find then.

Regards,

U2

I also have an M6800, but with the AMD FirePro M6100. I'm looking to upgrade to the K4100M. Would I need anything else other than the Nvidia heatsink to replace it?

Welcome to the Dell Community @cdavis188 

That's all you should need.

https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=19992

nVIDIA Quadro Series Graphics Driver:

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=5j1w5&oscode=wt64a&productcode=precision-m6800-workstation

Best regards,

U2

@U2CAMEB4ME 

Ok I'll wait for you 

Thanks again

Thanks. I'll order the heatsink as soon as it becomes available.

Hello,

I have a M6800 with a K3100M card (NVIDIA Corporation GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] (rev a1)).

I have another M6800 with an AMD firepro card, and wanted to put in an NVIDIA card in it.  So I got another K3100M card, and swapped it with the AMD card.

The laptop (that I swapped cards in) works/boots,  BUT  It will not show anything on the display in a docking station.   also,  in it's bios it shows "Intel graphics HD",  while in the other laptop that originally had the K3100M installed it actually shows to have an NVIDIA card.

any suggestions on how to solve that? (I want it to work in a docking station)

thanks,

Ron

I would like to replace k4100m gpu with m5000m, do I have to do heatsync modifications or can I just replace the cards and modify the driver?

How do I find out if my monitor is IPS or LED?

I'm actually trying to do that and unfortunately the cooler you have shared isn't the right size for Quadro m3000m and nobody explains which one works for it 

Thank you in advance