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    upgrade from gt 330m macbook pro 15 2010

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by aduy, Jul 3, 2011.

  1. aduy

    aduy Keeping it cool since 93'

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    one of my friends has a macbook pro 15 from 2010. he is disappointed with the graphics performance and was wondering if the graphics card was upgradeable, and which models he could upgrade to. another one of my friends says that it is, but i seriously doubt it. any help would be great. thanks in advance.
     
    aduy, Jul 3, 2011
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    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    You can't change the CPU or GPU on any Mac laptop since they are all soldered onto the logic board.
     
    MKang25, Jul 4, 2011
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    aduy Keeping it cool since 93'

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    ah just as i expected. well sucks for him, and good thing its not mine.
     
    aduy, Jul 4, 2011
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    cardriver Notebook Consultant

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    Yep and is ur friend gaming in osx or bootcamp?
     
    cardriver, Jul 4, 2011
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    aduy Keeping it cool since 93'

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    in bootcamp, but he says its too slow to run anything.
     
    aduy, Jul 5, 2011
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    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    What is he trying to run the 330m should be able to run most if not all current games at low to medium settings.
     
    MKang25, Jul 5, 2011
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    expand this to all manufacturers and models that dont support the mxm format, which only the imac uses (apple), some older acers (core duo line up and only select models), msi (mainly the gamers line), sager (only the performance line), and some aw models

    and depending on the res the gt 330m can push things to high, although its a slow card and its the lower clocked version, the same that the sony vaio Z packs
     
    Karamazovmm, Jul 5, 2011
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    sound like he never installed the proper drivers... maybe the Bootcamp drivers were not installed either. After installing Windows, you have to install the Bootcamp software/drivers, then you need to go get the newest graphics driver, since the Apple one will be older and slower.
     
    doh123, Jul 5, 2011
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    now how do I install new drivers while on bootcamp?

    sorry for hijacking the thread
     
    Karamazovmm, Jul 6, 2011
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    its a normal Windows machine when your booted into Windows... you go download the newer drivers just like you would on any Windows machine, and install them. For the 330m, I believe you can get newer ones directly from nvidia.com. Lots of people get drivers at http://laptopvideo2go.com/ as well.
     
    doh123, Jul 6, 2011
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    I was worried about the dual booting limitation that appears to exist, glad that its the usual way

    kc reminded me of workstation class that uses mxm, so there goes the correction
     
    Karamazovmm, Jul 6, 2011
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    aduy Keeping it cool since 93'

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    sorry for posting so late i just got my new laptop and was setting it up, which btw has mxm, gtx 485m. yeah i talked to my friend and hes like "oh well im going to make my own logic board" so hes kindof stupid anways thanks for the help. perhaps he can etch a pcb and solder on a cpu and make a logic board. oh one more thing, his laptop gets really hot on the top left corner of the keyboard is that normal.
     
    aduy, Jul 8, 2011
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    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    1: hes an idiot, the micro circuitry and interface is not going to be an easy build at all. He would have to interface with the LVDS system, the backlight, the EFI firmware and IF he could get that running write a video bios and then drivers. I think not. I have seewhat goes into building a prototype logic board on that scale for industrial applications, think 1000's of man hours and many thousand dollars and then tack on the problem of the Apple TPM and making it actually fit

    2: yes quite normal
     
    KCETech1, Jul 8, 2011
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