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    Upgrade GPU in Envy 14

    Discussion in 'HP' started by balkp, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. balkp

    balkp Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I just purchased my Envy 14 tonight and had a few plans for the future. For one thing I will be buying a SSD in a year or two once the price/GB decreases. But that is easy to install, I was also planning on upgrading the GPU in a year or two once it is unable to play new games a decent settings. I am getting the highest i5-580 and know it has plenty of power and the GPU will most likely become a bottleneck first for when newer games come out. I wanted to know how hard this would be to upgrade the GPU, as the layout of these new HP laptops seem much more friendlier to DIY upgrades. Thanks sorry its been a few years since I have built a computer :D
     
    balkp, Feb 15, 2011
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  2. Micaiah

    Micaiah Notebook Deity

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    The Envy 14's GPU is soldered to the mainboard. You can't change it.
     
    Micaiah, Feb 15, 2011
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    pez319 Notebook Consultant

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    Laptop GPUs for the most part cant ever be changed
     
    pez319, Feb 15, 2011
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  4. Star Forge

    Star Forge Quaggan's Creed Redux!

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    All HP Envy's comes with the GPU soldered with the System Board. It is not possible to change the GPU as what Inferno has said.

    95% of all laptops has fixed GPU's via soldering on the System Board. System with MXM Slots can have their graphics card changed, but even within that 5%, only 2% of them can have some viable form of upgradability.
     
    Star Forge, Feb 15, 2011
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