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    Important, upgrade dv1000 GRAPHICS

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tyspc, Oct 18, 2005.

  1. tyspc

    tyspc Notebook Guru

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    Hi all,

    I see that they now sell the dv1000 with the Intel graphics 900 chip. When I bought mine, it came with the previous chip, the Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Is there a way to upgrade to the newer one, no matter the difficulty? Thanks for the info in advance.
     
    tyspc, Oct 18, 2005
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  2. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Next to Impossible(its more likely impossible), you"ll need to get a whole new motherboard(since the graphics card is integrated & the GMA 900 series graphics cards are only compatible with the 900 series chipset) and even then there would be the uncertainty on whether the motherboard would even fit in your case(different size, shape, the position of important ports...).
     
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  3. tyspc

    tyspc Notebook Guru

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    man, that stinks, anyone want a used dv1000?
     
    tyspc, Oct 18, 2005
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  4. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Free? PM Me!

    LOL! Just kidding, but yea its too bad you can upgrade it.
     
    coriolis, Oct 18, 2005
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    I wouldn't recommend upgrading...you're not going to see a huge performance increase, they are both integrated graphics and therefore not designed to provide much more than internet surfing and DVD movie viewing.

    What are you doing that would benefit from the upgraded graphics?
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 18, 2005
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  6. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    I feel your pain. I bought my DV4000 about two months ago with the Intel GMA 900 graphics and now HP's just released it with the ATI Radeon X700 graphics, so I'm pretty ticked off. Thats computer technology for ya.

    Actually, the GMA 900 isn't that much better than the IE2 graphics at all, you should see very little difference.
     
    Rahul, Oct 18, 2005
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