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    HP elite book 8540p mxm GPU upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by willkill114, Oct 6, 2018.

  1. willkill114

    willkill114 Newbie

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    I am the (less) proud owner of a HP elite book 8540p (i5 edition). As you may guess the machine is now rather old and slow. I have upgraded the HDD to an SSD but I still want to upgrade the GPU to anything better then the current NVIDIA nvm 5100m. I have very little experience upgrading laptop GPU's, and any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance, Will.
     
    willkill114, Oct 6, 2018
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  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    With a machine that old, you would be throwing good money after bad. A refurbished business-grade laptop that’s 1-3 years old can be had from Dell, HP or Lenovo relatively cheap, will have a warranty and run circles around what you have now in terms of performance. You might even be able to carry over the upgraded parts you already have.


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    saturnotaku, Oct 7, 2018
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  3. willkill114

    willkill114 Newbie

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    Thanks, but I really need to stick with this laptop
     
    willkill114, Oct 7, 2018
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    Mastermind5200 Notebook Virtuoso

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    try a m5100 firepro, might work
     
    Mastermind5200, Oct 8, 2018
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  5. willkill114

    willkill114 Newbie

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    Thanks for the recommendation, how much better do you think it would be?
     
    willkill114, Oct 8, 2018
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