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    Chipset Upgrade

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by Crunos Dee, Mar 17, 2011.

  1. Crunos Dee

    Crunos Dee Newbie

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    Can I upgrade the chipset of my notebook 8740w to accomodate the 2nd generation core i7 processors. Thanks.
     
    Crunos Dee, Mar 17, 2011
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  2. Sotton

    Sotton Notebook Evangelist

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    no, I think you need a different mother board (but there is no such mother board available until now and I don't think it will be)
     
    Sotton, Mar 17, 2011
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  3. Eob

    Eob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Imo its smarter to sell the old laptop and buy new one than upgrading motherboard. Upgrading motherboard might be worth doing only if old mobo is dead and not refurbishable. That is my subjective opinion.
     
    Eob, Mar 17, 2011
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  4. lmfboy01

    lmfboy01 Notebook Guru

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    Unless you want to keep the WUXGA resolution. You know i keep hearing that no one will be manufacturing 1920x1200 because most consumers want 16x9 instead of 16x10. Theres no guarentees that HP or anyone else will make 16x10 screens anymore. I'm trying to save up to get a 8740 just because of that fact.
     
    lmfboy01, Mar 18, 2011
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  5. Eob

    Eob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Indeed, I didnt think of this fact.
    Anyway, 16x10 supporters will quite fast get used to 16x9 either. As I have noticed, that there are few people working with graphics, that require 16x10, but they usually use external screens or desktop PCs for that.
     
    Eob, Mar 18, 2011
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  6. Sotton

    Sotton Notebook Evangelist

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    external screens are almost all 16:9 already?

    I think Apple still sticks to 16:10, so it must be something different as a reason.
     
    Sotton, Mar 18, 2011
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  7. Siorah

    Siorah Beware of Squirrels!

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    god no. I have no interest in using 16:9 anytime soon, 16:10 suits my needs and in a 3D workflow is much nicer for 1080p workflows (you can have the image @ 1080p without it being squashed because of the windows taskbar, application topbar etc)

    I have a 16:9 model laptop, the G73JH. I can't work on it with 3D because i'm not used to having to shrink images to 720p so they are in the right Aspect Ratio!

    This is the same for steroscopic images, 16:10 screen can display the full 1080p picture, without me having to resize it to 720p where the 'effect' of the 3D image is lost.

    But i guess i'm an old stickler and stuck in my way, but my company are keeping ahold of their 8740s for the time being! especially if hp moves to 16:9
     
    Siorah, Mar 18, 2011
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  8. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    ^^ You're not the only one, Bro. 16:10 FTW.

    Back on topic, there's hardly any need to upgrade to 2gen core i7, 99% software is still lagging way behind to effectively utilize a more powerful CPU.
     
    Aikimox, Mar 18, 2011
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  9. Judicator

    Judicator Judged and found wanting.

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    Well, maybe if you want the upgraded battery life of Sandy Bridge... but if you have an 8740w, you could just get one of those extended batteries that attaches to the bottom... that might get us up to, what, 4-6 hours?
     
    Judicator, Mar 18, 2011
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