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Changing out a T61 Video GPU?
Changing out a T61 Video GPU?
Is it feasible to replace a T61 Nvidia 140M GPU with a FX570M?
Or is it better to just buy a T61p and sell the T61?
Or is it better to just buy a T61p and sell the T61?
Two - T61p 15.4" WS T9300 2.5Ghz units, August 2008 08/08 Builds + Nvidia FX570M GPUs, One - T42 15" Flexview 1.8GHz + ATI GPU for travel, Two - T500 15.4" T9600 & T9400 CPUs with ATI HD3650 GPUs, One - Stupidly Fast W520 15.6" i7-2860QM + Nvidia 2000M GPU + Series 3 Dock w/USB 3.0
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Not possible
Sold your current and buy an other.
Sold your current and buy an other.
T570 : Core i5 7200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
T560 : Core i5 6200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
E470 : Core i7 7500U, GeForce 940MX, 32 GB, 500 GB SATA, FHD IPS
Retired : T61p, T60p, T61,R61, T41p, T40p, X31, A31p, A30, X24, A21p, A20p
T560 : Core i5 6200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
E470 : Core i7 7500U, GeForce 940MX, 32 GB, 500 GB SATA, FHD IPS
Retired : T61p, T60p, T61,R61, T41p, T40p, X31, A31p, A30, X24, A21p, A20p
I'm off to eBay .... thanksPascal_TTH wrote:Not possible
Sold your current and buy an other.
Two - T61p 15.4" WS T9300 2.5Ghz units, August 2008 08/08 Builds + Nvidia FX570M GPUs, One - T42 15" Flexview 1.8GHz + ATI GPU for travel, Two - T500 15.4" T9600 & T9400 CPUs with ATI HD3650 GPUs, One - Stupidly Fast W520 15.6" i7-2860QM + Nvidia 2000M GPU + Series 3 Dock w/USB 3.0
Thanks for the heads-upsktn77a wrote:Don't get the 14" display T61p, as it has a crippled NV570M chipset (half the memory, half the bandwidth - not much better than the NV140M).
I'm looking for a T61p 15.4" WS 1680x1050 display with a T9300 processor.
Two - T61p 15.4" WS T9300 2.5Ghz units, August 2008 08/08 Builds + Nvidia FX570M GPUs, One - T42 15" Flexview 1.8GHz + ATI GPU for travel, Two - T500 15.4" T9600 & T9400 CPUs with ATI HD3650 GPUs, One - Stupidly Fast W520 15.6" i7-2860QM + Nvidia 2000M GPU + Series 3 Dock w/USB 3.0
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Yes, it's the best one. Not any one can use WUXGA screen. What more, the WUXGA Samsung panel is pure BS !!!eecon wrote:Thanks for the heads-upsktn77a wrote:Don't get the 14" display T61p, as it has a crippled NV570M chipset (half the memory, half the bandwidth - not much better than the NV140M).![]()
I'm looking for a T61p 15.4" WS 1680x1050 display with a T9300 processor.
T570 : Core i5 7200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
T560 : Core i5 6200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
E470 : Core i7 7500U, GeForce 940MX, 32 GB, 500 GB SATA, FHD IPS
Retired : T61p, T60p, T61,R61, T41p, T40p, X31, A31p, A30, X24, A21p, A20p
T560 : Core i5 6200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
E470 : Core i7 7500U, GeForce 940MX, 32 GB, 500 GB SATA, FHD IPS
Retired : T61p, T60p, T61,R61, T41p, T40p, X31, A31p, A30, X24, A21p, A20p
Really? Every time I hear about Samsung displays, the comments about them are almost always negative. Are LG ones really that much better?? If so, in what way??Pascal_TTH wrote:Yes, it's the best one. Not any one can use WUXGA screen. What more, the WUXGA Samsung panel is pure BS !!!
15-inch Core 2 Duo ThinkPad T60p | Ivy-Bridge (Late-2012) Mac mini w/ quad Core i7-3615QM 2.3GHz, 16GB DDR3-1600MHz RAM, 240GB+180GB Intel 520 Series SATA III SSD's, 5x3TB Drobo 5D
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Yes, far better ! If you look in notebook forum and with this one, you will find a lot of files speaking about. For my own, I replace the samsung WUXGA panel with a LG/Philips WUXGA. Night and day !!!
LG/Philips is brighter, much more contraste, more vivid colors, best viewing angles, no snowy grainy white, far darker black, much more sharp and so on.
I rate Samsung panel 5/10... and LG/Philips 9.5/10. One of the best panel I have ever seen. The GL/Philips looks fine when I compare with my 2407WFP panel while the samsung was looking so washed out.
PS : Before I buy a spare LG/Philips panel, I spend 2 weeks reading about 15.4" WUXGA to know witch one is the better. No doubt : it's LG/Philips. I found very good information about panels in DIY beamer forums.
LG/Philips is brighter, much more contraste, more vivid colors, best viewing angles, no snowy grainy white, far darker black, much more sharp and so on.
I rate Samsung panel 5/10... and LG/Philips 9.5/10. One of the best panel I have ever seen. The GL/Philips looks fine when I compare with my 2407WFP panel while the samsung was looking so washed out.
PS : Before I buy a spare LG/Philips panel, I spend 2 weeks reading about 15.4" WUXGA to know witch one is the better. No doubt : it's LG/Philips. I found very good information about panels in DIY beamer forums.
T570 : Core i5 7200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
T560 : Core i5 6200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
E470 : Core i7 7500U, GeForce 940MX, 32 GB, 500 GB SATA, FHD IPS
Retired : T61p, T60p, T61,R61, T41p, T40p, X31, A31p, A30, X24, A21p, A20p
T560 : Core i5 6200U, GeForce 940MX, 16 GB, 256 GB NVMe, FHD IPS
E470 : Core i7 7500U, GeForce 940MX, 32 GB, 500 GB SATA, FHD IPS
Retired : T61p, T60p, T61,R61, T41p, T40p, X31, A31p, A30, X24, A21p, A20p
Hey Pascal...Thanks for the detailed response! That's pretty amazing, and I must agree, every time the topic comes up, LG, hands down, is the preferred choice by users, and by a lot at that like you said!
Sooo...quick question...Have you ever owned a Flexview panel? How would you compared IPS and LG, although LG probably made a bunch of the IPS screens.
So I guess what I'm asking is, a "regular" LG LCD vs. ANY IPS one...how much of a difference would you say there is??
Thanks again!
Sooo...quick question...Have you ever owned a Flexview panel? How would you compared IPS and LG, although LG probably made a bunch of the IPS screens.
So I guess what I'm asking is, a "regular" LG LCD vs. ANY IPS one...how much of a difference would you say there is??
Thanks again!
15-inch Core 2 Duo ThinkPad T60p | Ivy-Bridge (Late-2012) Mac mini w/ quad Core i7-3615QM 2.3GHz, 16GB DDR3-1600MHz RAM, 240GB+180GB Intel 520 Series SATA III SSD's, 5x3TB Drobo 5D
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