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    zv5000z and nVidia

    Discussion in 'HP' started by vlk, Jul 9, 2004.

  1. vlk

    vlk Notebook Consultant

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    HI,
    I've heared so many negative things about HP nVidia GeForce. I was just wondering if it is possible to upgrade it?

    thanks

    zv5000z AMD 64 3000+ 1.8 Ghz 768 DDR SDRAM 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) 30 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive 64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go
     
    vlk, Jul 9, 2004
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nope. The chip is soldered to the motherboard. Just to clarify, the problem isn't that it's nVidia, its that it's a 3-year-old nVidia chip. They could have put a card slot in and offered GeForceFX 5200 and 5700's but they chose not to. I'm sure nVidia tried to talk them out of it but some people (ie, marketing weasles) are beyond help. Hopefully they'll listen to reason next time and use a high-end nVidia chip. nVidia is needed for their first-class 64-bit Linux drivers. (And switch to Atheros from Broadcom for wireless for the same reason HP!)
     
    brianstretch, Jul 10, 2004
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