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    So lemme get this straight

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hockeyhoser23, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. hockeyhoser23

    hockeyhoser23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    there is absolutely, positively no way in hell that I can upgrade my HP pavillion dv9000 with a nvidia geforce 8400m gt?
     
    hockeyhoser23, Oct 8, 2007
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    Yep. Computer upgrades are only a little less pokey with desktops too.
     
    knightingmagic, Oct 8, 2007
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    that makes me sad :( even if i got a new mobo and gpu?
     
    hockeyhoser23, Oct 8, 2007
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    i think ur stuck with it, unless it MXM or you can buy one from HP and its not soldered.
     
    narsnail, Oct 8, 2007
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    buy what what from HP?
     
    hockeyhoser23, Oct 8, 2007
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    Doesn't the dv9500 offer the 8400GS and 8600GS options? If so, you could probably buy the motherboard but that'll cost you $600~ or so. The hard part will be finding it, cause HP doesn't sell it. You'll need someone who has a broken dv9500 or someone who will part out the internals for whatever reason.


    Either way, it probably won't happen.
     
    coriolis, Oct 8, 2007
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    a graphics card...but its most likely not changeable, your stuck with it
     
    narsnail, Oct 8, 2007
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    ........................*all dreams of playing bioshock in biology class fade away*
     
    hockeyhoser23, Oct 8, 2007
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    o you wil be able to play it on that, just on lower/ maybe medium settings
     
    narsnail, Oct 8, 2007
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    i tried, my laptop runs it terribly, maybe one frame a second, even on lowest settings. ive got the 128mb onboard with 2 gigs rams and the turion62X2 processor
     
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    you updated your drivers lately? is your laptop set to maximum performance mode in the nvidia control panel? is it plugged in when your playing it?
     
    narsnail, Oct 8, 2007
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    oh you want to SWAP for a 8400gt...what do you have in it now?
     
    narsnail, Oct 8, 2007
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  13. hmmmmm

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    yes you can't play bioshock

    end of story

    6150 is a 2 generation old integrated graphics solution and you want to play one of the most demanding games today?

    even on minimum, it will be an ugly slideshow
     
    hmmmmm, Oct 8, 2007
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    i tried, it failed life goes on...ill just play it on my desktop....now to get extraction point for my laptop buahaha
     
    hockeyhoser23, Oct 8, 2007
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    ... His notebook won't even be able to touch Bioshock on medium settings. :confused:
     
    icedout297, Oct 9, 2007
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    if you read the entire thread, you would ahve seen i was confused and i thought he had a 8400gt alrede in and wanted to upgrade.
     
    narsnail, Oct 9, 2007
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