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    8600 in a dv6500t anytime soon?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by garetjax, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. garetjax

    garetjax NBR Freelance Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    What do you guys think? Think this is something that will happen in a dv6500t in the near future?

    *EDIT* Can this be moved to the HP/Compaq forum please? Thanks. =)
     
    garetjax, Oct 31, 2007
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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    This question has been asked many times (if you use the search function)...

    And the answer is: no, it's not gonna happen, these notebooks aren't designed to handle that kind of power consumption and heat.

    HP sell them as multimedia not gaming machines...

    That's what HP say:
    I would not recommend you to do that though.
     
    Dreamer, Oct 31, 2007
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    unfortunately, HP would actually have to make the dv6500t bigger to accommodate the 8600, so no its not going to happen
     
    timtravel42, Oct 31, 2007
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  4. garetjax

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    I kind of figured that with the new SOI that nVidia is pimping these days, that both the heat signatures, power consumption, and overall form factor would be less of a factor of putting a 8600 GS or GT in a dv6500t.
     
    garetjax, Oct 31, 2007
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    It doesn't need to be bigger, that's not true, it's just HP that decided to design them that way...

    Otherwise, the HP business notebooks are the thinnest and lightest notebooks in the industry, which do come with powerful video cards like 8600/8700M GT GDDR3.
     
    Dreamer, Nov 1, 2007
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