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    Video Card For Dell XPS Studio 16

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by timmaycarl123, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. timmaycarl123

    timmaycarl123 Newbie

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    Is the video card in the dell xps studio 16 intigrated into the motherboard or is there any way to upgrade?
     
    timmaycarl123, Apr 24, 2009
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  2. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    You are out of luck I am afraid. Only the XPS M1730 uses interchangeable graphics cards and 1 high end precision mobile workstation. The rest have them soldered in.
     
    King of Interns, Apr 24, 2009
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Not true, actually a very large portion of dells have upgradeable graphics.

    What video card do you have in your Studio 16?

    If its the intel integrated, the only way to upgrade the graphics is to do a motherboard swap, with a motherboad designed for the studio 16, with the dedicated graphics card.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 24, 2009
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  4. cuteneo

    cuteneo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Studio 16 uses ATI radeon 3670
     
    cuteneo, Apr 24, 2009
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  5. timmaycarl123

    timmaycarl123 Newbie

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    is there any way that you can tell me were to look for one of these maby you know of a link or something. Anything that you can help me with would be appriciated :)
     
    timmaycarl123, Apr 27, 2009
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  6. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The GPU in the 1640 is soldered to the motherboard. As K-TRON said, you will need to replace the motherboard to replace the GPU. There is no motherboard with a better GPU than the 3670, so there is no upgrade at all if you already have this chip. If you have the Intel chip, because this machine is still fairly new, chances are you won't be able to find a 3670 board at a reasonable price, either.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 27, 2009
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