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Dell Precision M4800 - Can GPU be upgraded?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by SengXun, May 30, 2016.

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    Anyone know which website offers a genuine side by side breakdown of the MXM3.0a versions of the M2000M and the 965M? Want data for direct comparison.

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    that gtx965m is mxm 3.0a
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    Comparisons for what? Games? 3d applications?

    Notebookcheck has a lot of benchmarks

    [​IMG]
     
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    Thanks for posting the details, hard to compare when your graphics is paired with a i5 vs Xeon CPU when trying to work out performance. The GPU alone based on its statistical performances, the 965M outshines M2000M.

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    Which youtube video did you follow?

    I Anyone know if these steps would work, just replacing the nvidia driver type for the 965M?

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    I just went through this for the Quadro M5000M in Precision M6700. The steps that @cmexonat listed are correct. However, if you are installing a GeForce 965M card, the drivers on Dell's site will not have a corresponding GeForce entry for you to replace. You should grab drivers directly from NVIDIA's web site, extract the files from the .exe file (any compression tool like WinRAR or 7-Zip can do this), and look in the "Display.Driver" folder for an INF file containing reference to the GeForce 965M... and then insert lines with your own hardware ID as @cmexonat described. (As for "which YouTube video did you follow?", he has a link right in the post...)
     
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    The problem is, the instructions provided are quite poor. I can open the EXE file structure with 7Zip and navigate inside the Display.Driver folder...and there's a dozen INF files in there. Which one is the right one to edit?

    The linked video shows a user editing the nvdmwi.inf file....yet I do not have one of these. The closest I can find inside that folder is nvdmi.inf

    I imagine so, but not 100% sure WHICH line, or specifically what i'm DELETING and ENTERING in those lines. I found a guide for how to reveal the hardware ID for my nvidia display hardware, so I know what I need to type, but in which file and in which lines? None of that is clear...

    I also managed to find the NVIDIA website driver for the 965M (385.28 which is win 7/8/8.1 certified 84 bit). Any idea @cmexonat?

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