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HP Zbook 15 G1 Graphics update (AMD FirePro W5170M/W5100)

gmucius

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Hi there,

My Zbook 15 workstation is now a little over a year old and I'm looking into upgrades for my Nvidia K1100m graphics card.

Through my searches on internet I found a few candidates, but I'm not quite sure about all of it.

The K1100m:
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2430/quadro-k1100m.html

Search:
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/in...powerplugs=&sort=released&q=or+type+to+Search...

Another forum post (http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2843653/zbook-graphics-card-upgrade.html) brought me to the links above and the AMD FirePro W5170M as best candidate, considering the MXM-A 3.0 slot and interface. Now I can't find any sites which sell it, so I settled for the W5100, which ís available.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/professionalgraphicscards/amdfirepro/31004-52-40a.html
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/amd-fir...1312471199.p?id=mp1312471199&skuId=1312471199

Above, for example.

Now I saw that these both have 4GBs, which made me wonder as the guy in the above mentioned post said these wouldn't fit. Also, the page on this site only mentions the 2GB version.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2517/firepro-m5100.html

Can anyone tell me if this is a good choice or if I'm going to run into problems with one of these cards?
Also, do you think the performance boost is worth the 300 dollars?

Any help would be much appreciated.

-gmucius
 
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