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    HP Pavilion G4 1202ax CROSSFIRE?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by marayag001, Feb 12, 2012.

  1. marayag001

    marayag001 Newbie

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    I found this laptop online, and I was wondering if it was possible to activate CrossFire with it. Here are the specs:

    HP Pavilion G4 1202ax

    CPU: AMD® Llano Dual-Core A4-3300 APU Processor
    GPU (integrated): ATI Radeon™ HD 6480G
    GPU (dedicated): ATI Radeon™ HD 6470M 1gb

    It looked pretty good to me, but I just really wanna know about the CrossFire possibility on this machine. I mean, for me, that would be pretty bada**. :D

    Thanks in advance!
     
    marayag001, Feb 12, 2012
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  2. necrophyte

    necrophyte Notebook Evangelist

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    definitely NOT.

    if its not an option while purchasing the laptop, theres definitely no possibility to have CF, unless you put in a new motherboard that supports CF with a custom bios written for this specific combo and supporting all the other components.

    so far there is no HP notebook with CF. go to the dell guys (alienware) or some hardcore gamer notebooks like clevo, falcon nw etc. for dual gpu notebooks.
     
    necrophyte, Feb 14, 2012
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  3. abyss.

    abyss. Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's possible to have a hybrid crossfire mode on newer HP laptops provided you have the Llano CPU and an AMD discrete graphics card. There is an option within CCC to do this.
     
    abyss., Feb 14, 2012
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  4. necrophyte

    necrophyte Notebook Evangelist

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    ok sry didnt know that, since i never had any amd cpu anywhere.
    however, real crossfire for me means 2 equal dedicated gpus in cf, not an integrated one and a dedicated one.

    how are performance increases from such hybrid cf setups compared to the performance of the single stronger dedicated gpu involved?
     
    necrophyte, Feb 15, 2012
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  5. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Inconsistent at best. Hybrid CF works only in DirectX 10 and 11 games. When I had a notebook equipped this way, I saw a nice boost in Crysis, but little gain in any other titles.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 15, 2012
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