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    L502x GPU Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ericthered03, May 26, 2011.

  1. ericthered03

    ericthered03 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know not all laptops can do this. But can this one? I noticed there is a GT 555M in the Alienware Laptop.

    Do you think this swap can work?
     
    ericthered03, May 26, 2011
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    DakkonA Notebook Evangelist

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    No. Almost all notebook GPUs are integrated with the motherboard, including this one.
     
    DakkonA, May 26, 2011
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    lamer01 Notebook Consultant

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    the 555 is pin compatible so if you're good at soldering you could do it.
     
    lamer01, May 26, 2011
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    No it is soldered onto the motherboard. If you really dislike the performance of your XPS 15 R2 just sell it and get a G53-SW, it spanks the XPS 15 and takes its lunchmoney.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 26, 2011
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  5. ericthered03

    ericthered03 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah I looked at that before I bought the XPS 15. I found it looked too nerdy and clunky - nothing attractive about that.

    Maybe time for me to OC this baby.
     
    ericthered03, May 26, 2011
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    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    If you really wanted, you could probably bake a new one onto it but you'd have a nightmare getting it to work.
     
    funky monk, May 26, 2011
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  7. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    OC won't make up for the slower DDR3 RAM it has as well as the significant less shader cores. The new XPS line isn't exactly pretty either. ;)
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 26, 2011
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    SPL15 Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you soldered a 555m chip wouldn't you have problems with the GPU BIOS that is mounted on the motherboard not working right????? Yes you would, so it wouldnt work unless you replaced or reflashed this as well. Also, the DDR3 would still be one of your biggest bottle necks and who knows what the 555m gpu would do with a connection to a memory bank it has no clue on what to do with...

    All in all, no worky worky... Too bad to because I have an infrared rework station at work :(
     
    SPL15, May 29, 2011
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