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    Pavilion dv9500 upgrade to Nvidia 8800M ?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nhasian, Nov 20, 2007.

  1. nhasian

    nhasian Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just received my HP Pavilion dv9500 about a month ago and it has an nvidia 8600m video card. Nvidia's 8800M was just announced today and i was wondering if my video card is upgradable? I guess I should be asking if my laptop has the MXMIII slot?
     
    nhasian, Nov 20, 2007
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  2. Dreamer

    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    No, you can't do that. Sorry, your video card isn't upgradable.

    End of story.
     
    Dreamer, Nov 20, 2007
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    LMFAO.. nope.

    HP = Zero upgrade options (excluding..ram :rolleyes:)
     
    B2TheEYo, Nov 20, 2007
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  4. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    and hard drive.
     
    Airman, Nov 20, 2007
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    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    Laptops don't have a video "card", they have the video chip soldered into them. You couldn't really make a laptop with exchangable cards like that.

    Don't fall for always having to have the latest and greatest. Most games will not take advantage of the new chip features for at least a year, and you wind up spending all your money on upgrades.
     
    orev, Nov 20, 2007
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Some have modular cards (mine does) and some even are upgradeable. But your HP isn't.
     
    fabarati, Nov 20, 2007
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  7. Dreamer

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    Let's don't make generalizations now, there are notebooks with exchangable and even upgradeable GPUs...
     
    Dreamer, Nov 20, 2007
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  8. nhasian

    nhasian Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is not impossible to upgrade your laptops GPU. it depends on wether the video card is part of the mainboard, or if it has a module you can replace. I just paid $1500 last month on this laptop so I was a little bummed that Bioshock and Crysis were slow as molasses even with the centrino duo 2.4Ghz CPU and 256M Nvidia 8600M. I was just hoping since HP gives you a choice of Video GPU (Intel or Nvidia) that maybe it was modular and I could upgrade it.

    If my Pavilion dv9500 does not have the MXMIII GPU module then I guess I'll just have to wait one year for the quad core mobile CPUs come out and get another laptop. Hopefully by then Solid State Hard Disks will be affordable and I can get a pair of them to run striped.
     
    nhasian, Nov 20, 2007
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  9. aznguy123

    aznguy123 Notebook Guru

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    No you can't upgrade the dv9500. I don't believe they use MXM.
     
    aznguy123, Nov 20, 2007
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    Dreamer, Nov 21, 2007
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