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    upgrade of VGA on R61 possible?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by helikaon, Jul 13, 2011.

  1. helikaon

    helikaon Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    maybe dumb Q, but anyone have any experience - is it worth asking in some authorized service?

    I've got Lenovo R61 laptop with:
    VGA controller: nVidia Corporation G84M [Quadro NVS 140M] (rev a1)

    I'm very happy with the laptop over last 3 years, but due to heavy usage of virtual machines there, i little lack more of VGA RAM, so i'm just thinking - would it be possible to upgrade the VGA to some newer Quadro?

    Thanks for your opinions :).
     
    helikaon, Jul 13, 2011
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  2. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    no you can't upgrade the GPU.

    Use of virtual machines have that much of an impact on the GPU vram usage?
     
    lead_org, Jul 13, 2011
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  3. helikaon

    helikaon Notebook Consultant

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    Oh well, screw that :)
    I was afraid so ... I just look on new notebooks with new Nvidia Quadros having even 1GB of VGA RAM.
    I have only 128MB and when i run like 3 virtual machines, laptop gets a bit sloppy ... and its not RAM and/or CPU usage - i checked in 'top', 'vmstat' etc.
    Hosting system is 64bit Red Hat Enterprise linux ... well ... *sigh*.
    I checked Lenovo, but new lapstops having Nvidia VGA are pretty high on my price check regarding the cost.
    I'll try to wait one more year and see I guess then ..

    thanks for reply
     
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    how about hdd drive access? drive access speed can also affect the performance of the VM, especially when you have multiple instances of which running at the same time.
     
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  5. Colonel O'Neill

    Colonel O'Neill Notebook Deity

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    You really want to defrag your VM's virtual drive container, although I heard that's a bit of a sketchy concept on most Linux filesystems.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Jul 13, 2011
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