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    Geforce GTX 8600M upgrade

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by nofate, Nov 11, 2021.

  1. nofate

    nofate Notebook Consultant

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    Dear experts

    Hopefully this is a good place for my topic. I have Lenovo IdeaPad Y50-70 >>> https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y50-Notebook-Review.120215.0.html

    I upgraded to ssd this laptop and recently both 4k TV. Unfortunately this laptop is struggling with 4k resolution.
    I would be very grateful if any one would let me know what is the best graphics card which I would be able to fit in this laptop.
    And also in my current situation I can choose 4k resolution, however image is only in 30hz. Is it any chance that 4k resolution would be in present in more Hz then 30 after upgrade?

    Please help.
     
    nofate, Nov 11, 2021
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  2. adampk17

    adampk17 Notebook Evangelist

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    I’m sorry man, you can almost never upgrade the graphics card in laptops, including yours. You’ll need a new laptop (or desktop) to do what you want.
     
    adampk17, Nov 11, 2021
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  3. Kalen

    Kalen Notebook Consultant

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    BGA, no ability to upgrade the GPU. And at that old of a dGPU in it, no way you're doing anything realisticly in 4k.

    Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
     
    Kalen, Nov 11, 2021
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  4. nofate

    nofate Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you for your messages, how about some desktop graphics card? Is any chance I can connect to this laptop using desktop power supply and desktop graphics card? External graphics card to laptop?
     
    nofate, Nov 11, 2021
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  5. Kalen

    Kalen Notebook Consultant

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    Nope. Too old. Needs Thunderbolt for an external GPU.

    Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
     
    Kalen, Nov 11, 2021
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  6. nofate

    nofate Notebook Consultant

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    How about something like this ? Would something similar be able to work with my laptop?
     
    nofate, Nov 11, 2021
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  7. Reciever

    Reciever D! For Dragon!

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    You will find more information on egpu.io as most of the people here left and made their own forum after some friction with Moderators
     
    Reciever, Nov 12, 2021
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