Can i replace my Video Card to another??

yelow everybody ! i have HP PAVILION DV6599en and gf8400gs video card with. it has 128mb own and 895mb shared from system but it has only 64bits. is it posible to replace that video card to more powerfull gf8400GT which has 128bits. Thank you for your answers

 

I've heard of people going to HP and paying them to do something like that, but I've really only heard rumors.

 

GPU upgrade is impossible. It is soldered to the Motherboard.

 

anything that is soldered can be unsolder-ed... we can replace the south bridge/GPU where I work. Adding extra GPU memory is very simple, but south bridges can be a bit more complicated, but can be done.

 

All possible by use of a BGA Machine:
http://www.etech-web.com/

 

i get it... too bad. manualy replace it is imposible right? like stick out and stick in =)

 

it is possible.... but even the most experienced tech has a very hard time. Using a hot air gun of course

 

Contact HP, I've heard of people doing it... but they could just be rumors...

 

crap. well for now i can live with that card.. thank you guys

 

When my old dv2000 gpu fried, i asked a third party lappy techinician if he could upgrade my gpu to a 8400gs. He said NO but he was able to repair/replace the same GPU by re-soldering the feet or something like that. Hes never tried replacing a HP gpu before.

Best you can do for now is upgrade your RAM. This will increase your turbocache (gpu shared ram) higher. On 4gb RAM im nearly getting a total of 1855mb total memory available. 64mb + 1791 turbocache

 

Thats cool! i will do that soon. i will upgrade vista 32bit to 64bit and add 2x2Gig RAM. i hope it will take some effect in performance

 

Upgrading from 2gb to 3gb RAM is very noticable, everything will load up just like that.

3gb to 4gb (which is 32bit to 64bit OS upgrade) You wont really notice the difference to be honest.

I cant comment on how much better the GPU will be because i never ran tests to benchmark it. Everythign just runs faster with more RAM.

 

so you say that 64bit OS is not much better than 32bit?

 

and another question: is it ok if i will have in first Ram slot 2gig ram and in the other slot 1gig? i always thought that RAM must be the same size. am i wrong? please someone write more about that

 

Yeah id recommend sticking to 32bit as you may run into compatibility issues with 64bit. I didnt really run into any problems switching to 64bit though

Cant really feel the difference. According to benchmarks it should be 10% faster. My 32bit actually booted up faster. Its nice seeing all 4GB of your RAM being used though.

 

No it doesnt have to be the same size to work. Though if its the same size, it will run on dual channel which will give the memory controller more bandwidth. Which is about 3% better from what ive read lol

2gb + 1gb is okay but i recommend going for 2 + 2 gb for futureproofing. RAM isnt that expensive. Check www.newegg.com for great RAM deals

 

thanks a lot man. now i know much more. great forum i think now i stick 2gig + 1gig and later 2 + 2 agen thanks

 

flipfire check your inbox, i need some advice

 

Yes, thats true on some boards you don't have a choice but to stick with an on board.... With the dv2000s you have 2 main BGA chips. North Bridge and South Bridge, North bridge carries out the vital tasks like routing memory signals between ram, south bridge and processor. The South bridge has alot of stuff under its belt, video, audio(through proxy), storage, etc... it acts as a 'cross roads' for the entire unit.

Since the dv2000 only has 2 BGA's and no GPU, it is next to impossible to add a GPU to it... but units which have 3 BGAs on the logic board have a North, South, and GPU... As long as it is the same chipset you can replace it with any GPU BGA you wish... it will more or less treat it like a plug and play graphic video adapter. Most places refuse to do it because of there being driver conflicts some times.

 

I'd imagine that heat would be an issue as well, as the thermal characteristics of the dv notebooks have not been the greatest (especially on the AMD side)........

 

really? well..what about changing it to a 8600 gt?? can you do that??? or do they have a replacement system board with chip upgrade on it and they just haven't told the public yet?