Since this is kind of our tech and hardware thread, anyone have any insight on how to figure out what video-cards might work in my laptop?
I believe I'm running a Radeon HD 6770 in my HP dv7 that I got last November which performs well but all the driver updates come through HP and there is some kind of conflict with the newest update of Minecraft.
Plus it would be nice to turn up the settings in Borderlands 2 from medium to high.
I'd appreciate the help. Planning to go to Micro Center sometime in the not-too-distant future.
@Tankhammer You're planning on replacing the card in the laptop? You might be constrained by what the motherboard/case can handle or fit. Is the current 6770 in there a mobile edition card, and is it soldered to the motherboard? TBH you might be better at selling the laptop and getting a new one with a better card.
After spending 9 months in the smartphone ghetto (dont put your phone in your breastpocket and then bend over to pick something up), I'm now back in the Android game. One X, so fast, so pretty.
Tankhammer You're planning on replacing the card in the laptop? You might be constrained by what the motherboard/case can handle or fit. Is the current 6770 in there a mobile edition card, and is it soldered to the motherboard? TBH you might be better at selling the laptop and getting a new one with a better card.
The card is a dedicated graphics card, not on-board. I haven't tried removing it yet but it is separate from the motherboard and my HP representative that comes through my store has told me people have replaced them easily-enough in the past. It was on hits suggestion that I started trying to look-up replacing it instead of trying to resolve the driver problem. The laptop is (or was in late 2011) very high-end so I doubt I'd be getting a good deal by putting it up on eBay. It's a $1200 machine that I chose because of its long-then viability.
I just wanted to know if there's an online resource to match my system with compatible hardware. I don't know my motherboard model off the top of my head but I can find it easily when I'm home.
Even if its a dedicated card it can still be soldered to the board. And you're not going to be able to find stock of mobile versions of graphics cards at Micro Center, you'll have to end up buying them direct from the manufacturer or laptop part resellers or third party used. Just don't sink a ton of money into a new card only to find out it wont fit in your dv7 case or work with the motherboard because of voltage.
The best you'll find is googling other people trying to replace the card in the same model laptop, and replacing the card with a different model.
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www.ninite.com
i read this as more aggressive than it was
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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Sorry guys!
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There is something like that, yeah. But only for paid apps, I think? I haven't picked up a new phone in years.
Also, I'm switching from Android to the iPhone 5.
you can
why wouldn't you be able to?
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On phones though I doubt it would be of much use other than the first time you got it.
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what's that about
nope
any app
i dunno do you follow me on twitter
Where da fuq is your twitter at son
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Beyondpod.
k so i've decided that the Virgin Mobile USA site is certifiably awful (tm)
but based on what I can see the Evo V or the Reverb are your best choices
but I don't know what price you were going for because it doesn't list the god fucking damn price of the One V on there which is retarded
I have literally never heard of the Reverb though so I'm exclusively going off specs listings
keeping in mind that if your phone is annoying you maybe wait a couple months 'cause we about to be in big huge phone sellin' time dawg
at 2 am i talk like dis
does jelly bean have that shit?
But I don't have an SD card reader so I can't do anything with it until that shows up......
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http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/25/eric-schmidt-google-hasnt-submitted-a-native-google-maps-app-to-apple/
Tell them to make one.
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also, related-ish, i was trying out the hopstop app a bit, just to see, and at least in nyc it is pretty damn good and a nice app
so that's good
it even estimates taxi fares which is nice
I believe I'm running a Radeon HD 6770 in my HP dv7 that I got last November which performs well but all the driver updates come through HP and there is some kind of conflict with the newest update of Minecraft.
Plus it would be nice to turn up the settings in Borderlands 2 from medium to high.
I'd appreciate the help. Planning to go to Micro Center sometime in the not-too-distant future.
thanks for the tips!
oh hey, same! except I lack for an HDMI cable
are you doing anything cool with yours? I'm sort of lost in terms of what this can actually do
I don't technically have a spare hdmi, I was just going to nick the ps3's cable.
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and a work laptop
because i want to be able to do productive personal things somewhere other than my apartment, which i do not find to be a productive space
is this silly?
maybe
i can afford it though........ hmm
The card is a dedicated graphics card, not on-board. I haven't tried removing it yet but it is separate from the motherboard and my HP representative that comes through my store has told me people have replaced them easily-enough in the past. It was on hits suggestion that I started trying to look-up replacing it instead of trying to resolve the driver problem. The laptop is (or was in late 2011) very high-end so I doubt I'd be getting a good deal by putting it up on eBay. It's a $1200 machine that I chose because of its long-then viability.
I just wanted to know if there's an online resource to match my system with compatible hardware. I don't know my motherboard model off the top of my head but I can find it easily when I'm home.
The best you'll find is googling other people trying to replace the card in the same model laptop, and replacing the card with a different model.
Seems pretty much the same.