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‎03-04-2019 05:19 AM

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Product: HP elitebook 8540w
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I wanna to upgrade the workstation's graphic card (NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M), which better graphic card do you suggest? Maximum to? Minimum to?

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‎03-04-2019 05:33 AM

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Heres a discussion about this issue from 8 years ago:

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ati-firepro-m5800-vs-quadro-fx1800m-contradicting-fact-need-...

 

Firepro M5800 is an upgrade:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ATI-FirePro-M5800-1GB-DDR3-MXM-3-0-A-Laptop-Video-Card/202413944877?epid=15...

 

You would also need to get a different heatsink. 

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Upgrade-Graphics-Card-on-HP-El...

 

This person is seen installing an M4000M:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wsxQZcMl4

 

Here I discussed a gtx470m which you can install with your existing heatsink:

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/elitebook-8540-video-card/td-p/3086803

 

Post back with any other questions and please accept as solution if its the info you needed. 

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‎03-04-2019 05:33 AM

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Heres a discussion about this issue from 8 years ago:

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ati-firepro-m5800-vs-quadro-fx1800m-contradicting-fact-need-...

 

Firepro M5800 is an upgrade:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ATI-FirePro-M5800-1GB-DDR3-MXM-3-0-A-Laptop-Video-Card/202413944877?epid=15...

 

You would also need to get a different heatsink. 

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Upgrade-Graphics-Card-on-HP-El...

 

This person is seen installing an M4000M:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wsxQZcMl4

 

Here I discussed a gtx470m which you can install with your existing heatsink:

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/elitebook-8540-video-card/td-p/3086803

 

Post back with any other questions and please accept as solution if its the info you needed. 

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