Replace FirePro M4000 to Quadro K3100M

[zidanez]

My Recent spec
CPU i5 3320M

GPU AMD FirePro M4000

My GPU was artefact as shown in this  Video

1. Could I replace my FirePro M4000 to nVidia Quadro K3100M or GTX 770M? How about Heatsink & BIOS Compability??
2. I also want upgrade CPU to i7, so which i7 that fit for my notebook?

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

That is undoubtedly a bad GPU.  You can experiment, but your safe bet is to find one that was originally offered by HP as an option. You however have the AMD Firepro 4000M which I am not finding in the Manual. How did you get it? 

Your Service Manual

Heatsinks are specific to AMD vs. nVidia so to go to any nVidia card you would need a different heatsink. BIOS are the $64,000 question here. You have already improved from the Firepro M5950 1gb DDR5 card which was the only AMD card offered to a M4000M which is a 2 GB DDR5 card. 

Page 1 of the Manual lists the compatible i7 processors. Note that dual and Quad processors use a different motherboard so if yours has an i5 your best upgrade is going to be the i7-3520M which may or not be a very significant upgrade depending on which i5 you have now. 

This site has a claim that the owner of an 8770W successfully installed an 8 gig GTX980M. Seems to think an M5000M would work, too and with that one you could reuse your heatsink. 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/8770w-compatible-video-cards.795753/page-2

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-Quadro-M5000M-8GB-DDR5-256Bit-MXM-3-0-Video-Card-N16E-Q5-A1-Dell-1JY... 

[zidanez]

I don't understand, but indeed that is the version circulating in our country (Indonesia), where the i5 uses Firepro M4000 and the i7 version uses the Quadro K4000M in the sales package. So I myself was confused when opening the manual service, there was a difference in the GPU specifications.

As we seen HP EliteBook 8770w-LY586EA   and Elitebook-8770w-FirePro-M4000

So, what the fair conclucions?
 Just buy a same GPU (FirePro M4000) or Upgrade it with else (without  Heatsink & BIOS compability problems risk)? 🤔

btw, i have no plan to get any GPU  with U$200 or above 😊

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Your answers about my CPU upgrade is very pretty clear, thanks. in advance. 🤝