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freak of nature 64
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Posted: 6th Aug 2010 03:00
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I have the HP Pavilion DV6000 with Vista home premium and would like to get a new graphics card. Is it possible?

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Shaun Of The Dead
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Posted: 6th Aug 2010 03:04
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Laptops have build in graphics tablets. Unless you pay ALOT of money dont expect to get it upgraded.

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freak of nature 64
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Man, that sucks. Is ALOT cheaper than a new laptop that supports FPSC x10?

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Shaun Of The Dead
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Posted: 6th Aug 2010 03:44
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Depends really. I suggest shopping around at your local stores and ask them about it.

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AndrewT
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Does the laptop have a good CPU? If it doesn't you're better off just getting a new laptop.

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freak of nature 64
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Dual core 1.88ghz

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PAGAN_old
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what graphics card do you currently have?, most of the higer class gpus are upgradeble because they now use an mxm standard. if you really wanna find out, take it apart and see

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freak of nature 64
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I have the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 (I know, obsolete).

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freak of nature 64
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But I really want FPSC x10 without having to get a new laptop.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 6th Aug 2010 05:54
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Why does it necessarily need to be a laptop?
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if it was a 7600 or even maybe a 7500 it might have been upgradeble, but 7400 i am pretty sure its built in. i may be wrong you can always take it apart and check yourself or look at this model online and research if its built in or not. if it is upgradable its probobly an MXM module

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I think all Geforce integrated graphic chips are upgradable but you probably won't be able to get a DX10 capable graphics card for that laptop.


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Posted: 19th Aug 2010 11:19 Edited at: 19th Aug 2010 11:22
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I'm just waiting for some AS5 in the post to upgrade my Acer laptop's graphics card, which uses the MXM standard. As far as I'm aware though, HP don't tend to use it.

http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/Table.html
http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/Table_3.html

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