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hp pavillion dv2840ee

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siyadmp Original post #1
Sep 8, 2011 at 7:02 PM
im using above model laptop....its having nvidia geforce 8400 gs graphics card....i had installed fedora 15 and nvidia driver....when i view the temperature of the display card from nvidia menu its rising from 45 degree to 55 degree celciuse......does every card temp vary like this or this is a problem......i recently
changed the graphics card spending lot of money.......hope you reply soon.....
sukesh1090
Sep 8, 2011 at 10:17 PM
its normal temperature for a laptop gfx card.so nothing to worry as notebook parts get heated up a lot and also capable of withstanding high temperatures.
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siyadmp #3
Sep 8, 2011 at 11:55 PM
thanks for your reply.......last month i had serviced my laptop due to graphics card problem so little bit afraid..........


my laptop have express card slot. Do i can connect external graphics card via this slot.....
d6bmg
d6bmg #4
Sep 9, 2011 at 1:12 AM
^^ sadly no. Even if you add it will be total waste of money.
Ishu Gupta
Sep 9, 2011 at 2:03 AM
Its hard to find external adaptor in India. I don't know if its even in production yet.

Also its will not be cost effective.
mithun_mrg
Sep 9, 2011 at 7:39 AM
@ op i also have not heard/seen that type of card is available
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siyadmp #7
Sep 9, 2011 at 11:39 AM
So I just hooked up a 2GB 5850 to my laptop... - [H]ard|Forum

please check this link and reply.........
Ishu Gupta
Sep 9, 2011 at 6:34 PM
So I just hooked up a 2GB 5850 to my laptop... - [H]ard|Forum

please check this link and reply.........
OK. I thought you were talking about the MSI external GPU thing. MSI said that the express slot bottlenecks (or was it due to power connector?) anything above a HD5670 (similar to HD6770M).
d6bmg
d6bmg #9
Sep 9, 2011 at 7:17 PM
So I just hooked up a 2GB 5850 to my laptop... - [H]ard|Forum

please check this link and reply.........

It WILL bottleneck the card which you are using. So, output will not be improved too much.
But at last its your call.