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‎03-30-2016 03:07 PM

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Product: pavilion g7 noyebook pc
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

hello  i have a pavilion g7 nootebook pc with a amd a-4 3305m radeon hd graphics apu with 1.90 ghz. can i upgrade processer and or graphics crad? not sure about memory yet. i think i have 2 slots with 1 slot  filled with 1 with 4gs.

any and all help would be gratefull.

bortas

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‎04-02-2016 09:49 AM

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Your GPU comes soldered the highest is 1gb video not very good if you plan to game and the AMD is only two higher.

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03538328

 

Page 18 list the board and processors.

 

Just remember AMD processors are not very good upgrade nor is the video upgrade a worth while option here. But that is my opinion what you do from here out that is your choice.

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‎03-30-2016 03:43 PM

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@bortas1 wrote:

hello  i have a pavilion g7 nootebook pc with a amd a-4 3305m radeon hd graphics apu with 1.90 ghz. can i upgrade processer and or graphics crad? not sure about memory yet. i think i have 2 slots with 1 slot  filled with 1 with 4gs.

any and all help would be gratefull.

bortas

Need Full model number and what CPU it has to know what if any CPU it can upgrade to but Rule is if AMD CPU then don't they aren't worth the price to upgrade as oppose to iNtel CPU. Graphics come As is no upgrades. If your playing games then get a Gaming laptop and those cost 2000US.

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‎03-31-2016 12:35 PM

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i used  your id scan and this is what it said, hp pailion g7-1322nr notebook pc. modle # b9c18ua . if i can upgrade the memory only that would be ok.  thanks for your time.

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‎04-01-2016 10:11 PM

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with a little help this is what you need i hope. hp pailion g7-1322nr notebook pc

modle#b9c18ua#aba. i realy hope i got it right.

bortas

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‎04-02-2016 09:49 AM

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Your GPU comes soldered the highest is 1gb video not very good if you plan to game and the AMD is only two higher.

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03538328

 

Page 18 list the board and processors.

 

Just remember AMD processors are not very good upgrade nor is the video upgrade a worth while option here. But that is my opinion what you do from here out that is your choice.

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‎04-02-2016 09:43 PM

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thanks for the reply. i know my answer.

salute bortas

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‎04-03-2016 02:30 AM

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@bortas1

 

That is not really a completely accurate answer.

 

Actually you have an AMD APU, not a CPU and the graphics is on the APU chip. That is what notebooks use now. AMD ws the first manufacturer to use this setup.

 

Intel now uses the same type of "on-chip"  graphics solution. 

 

It can have up to 2 GB of video memory that it borrows from the notebook's installed RAM.

AMD Dual-Core A4-3305M soecifications

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A-Series-A4-3305M-Notebook-Processor.67991.0.html

 


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‎04-03-2016 08:41 PM

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thank you for the clearifaction. i guess all i  can do is upgrade the memory which will be ok.

salute bortas

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