Updating graphics card

i want to update my Macbook that has an Intel GMA X3100 to the graphics card that is in the new aluminum MacBooks. How would i go about doing that?

Unlike many desktop PCs, Apple laptops do not have their audio and video circuitry on separate, removable 'cards'. The same is true of the microprocessor itself. Most all components that one might want to 'upgrade' are integral to the motherboard, not separate discreet cards. This is not true of RAM modules however. They are replaceable.

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I am looking to upgrade my macbook pro 13". I have a new logic board and have searched for the spec on this i.e. hdd size and ram. will my 2009 screen work with a updated graphics card ??

I am looking to upgrade my macbook pro 13". I have a new logic board and have searched for the spec on this i.e. hdd size and ram. will my 2009 screen work with an updated graphics card ??

Sounds just like what was happening with my Alum MB. I took it in and they replaced my battery. It seems to be ok now. I don't know what it is, but my battery was fine before 10.5.6 and the same timeframe of the firmware updates when they came out.
My battery health was jumping around but was fine before all of this happened. Unfortunately at 381 cycles I don't think you have much chance of getting the battery for free. Perhaps you can complain about the battery saying it was fine until 10.5.6 or whatever. Not sure when your computer was made, but perhaps you are eligible for this program: http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/

Updating graphics card on desktop

Updating Graphics Card: I have what was sold as a HP performance desktop computer about 3 years ago. With a AMD FX-6100 processor and a 2MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 graphics card. No intergrated graphics that I know of. Being interested in CG animation it soon became obvious that graphics card was to weak for my purposes. So recently I have tried to update with 3 NVIDIA cards. The first two being 'T - Cards' and now I have a GeForce GT 740 2MB as a expensive paper weight. I have read every tutorial on updating graphics cards to no avail. Now I read on this forum since my BIOS was created a year before I bought the computer and hasn't been updated since by HP I'm stuck with what came on the machine. SOME PERFORMANCE MACHINE. I also see where if AMD had a BIOS update it could screw up my system restore. This is my 3rd HP but I sing the praises no more.

Dave the U.S. Army trained me in electronics with tube carrier equipment way back in the day. Then I went to work as a electrician on nuclear submarines many times working in computer switching cabinets which no doubt cost more then my first house. So a desktop doesn't exacty intimidate me. In reference to the Zotac card I have no idea what DOA means. I have a Blender friend in Germany who bought his computer about the same time she bought mine. With a AMD processor and motherboard. His first update was a GFX 680 I believe with no problems. Then since he wants to animate he bought a Nvidia Titan. Once again no problem and Windows 7 went looking for driver updates. Smooth as silk and he simply can't understand why I'm having a problem. A problem which has played out in private e-mails and not on the Blender Forum. If I understand your post correctly the BIOS could be updated if HP wanted to. And, there lies the problem. And, the reason I would not recommend a HP to anyone interested in CG Graphics. While my German buddy is updating graphics cards at will with a AMD motherboard and processor I'm stuck with this. It's laughable in a way. Here I have one of the most popular computers in America and he has whatever they have in Germany. I'll take what he has quite frankly. Performance computers my ass. Once again thanks for your interest.

Bios Update/ Graphics Card

Hello I am having problems finding the bios update (download) for my computer, I looked all around the "hp" website and I can't find any downloads for bios. I recently re-installed and updated my graphics card because it wouldn't run hardware acceleration or any games that I tryed to start up, so now everytime I start up my computer it freezes while booting, but once I go into safemode and disable my Nvidia GeForce 7350 Le my computer boots up fine but my graphics card won't run, I have searched up over the internet for this problem and what I came across is that I need a bios update for my updated graphics card to work properly. My current bios is {Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.08, (12/ 8/2006)} what I am looking for is the download link for {P5LP-LE Motherboard BIOS Update, Version:5.23, (Aug 26, 2011)}. I have read that you can only get the update from the "hp" website, and I can't find it. If anyone could help I would gladly apprectiate it, also if you think i'm doing somthing wrong or taking the wrong steps into fixing this problem please let me know, Thank You!!
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When you click on download, you get 2 options namely.
1. Use HP Download and Install Assistant (Recommended)
2. Download only.
When you click on the 2nd option, download only the file will start downloading.
I tried from my end and it worked fine.
Please try from a different web browser and check.
Regards,
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Updating graphics card driver for G5350uk

Hi
We have a G5350uk desktop. Serial Number: [edited Serial Number by Moderator] Product Number: XS612EA. Its running 64bit windows7 and internet explorer 8, which is no longer compatible with a number of web pages so we wanted to upgrade to ie11.
Except we can't upgrade because we don't have service pack 1 installed. Service Pack1 can't be installed because our graphics card driver is one of those that stops the windows update from functioning properly and detecting Service Pack 1.
So I tried to upgrade the device driver, but its says its the most current one, so I loaded the Intel untility which told me I needed to source the driver from the manufacturer.
So I came to the G5350 support page and allowed it to scan my PC. I get then get into a loop with the annoying message pasted below.
HP was unable to verify that you have this product, but did find other products.
HP G5350uk Desktop PC
» Software & driver downloads
» Support & troubleshooting
» Learn how to help HP find your product
and then
Select an option for a product below. Some products may be scanned to identify recommended drivers, updates, and solutions.
»HP G5350uk Desktop PC
Serial Number: [edited Serial Number by Moderator]
Product Number: XS612EA
» Software & Driver Downloads
» Support & Troubleshooting
Which is all very frustrating as i'm clearly searching for the right thing, the web site says it can't find what I'm looking for but then tells me its found exactly what I'm looking for! When I select the option suggested it just goes back around in the same loop.
I stil don't have an updated graphics card driver to get around the Service Pack installation issue and so still can't look at an increasing number of websites.
What am I missing?
Thanks

Mazrak, welcome to the forum.
This is the only driver that is available for your Integrated Video. You can't use retail versions of drivers for HP's Integrated Video.
I suggest uninstalling the current driver by going into Control Panel / Device Manager / Display adapters. Right click on your adapter and select "Uninstall". Then, you can install the driver that I provided and reboot. This may solve your problem if a glitch has occurred.
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How to update graphics card drivers for late 2008 macbook pro with Nvidia 9600m GT?

Can anybody help me update the drivers for my 9600m GT graphics card for my Late 2008 Macbook pro? I am running OS X Lion 10.7.5 with a Windows 7 partition. I have tried finding support on Nvidia's website, but at least for the 9600m GT, it isn't supported for my operating system. Would I have to update it from my Windows side? And if so, would the update apply to my OS X side as well? I have a little computer knowledge, but nothing indepth.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
In OS X, Apple provides the GPU drivers and you cannot update them from NVIDIA. They are updated with each OS X update, so you are running the most recent drivers for your OS X version. OS X Mountain Lion and Mavericks have got more recent GPU drivers, but it's not worth upgrading unless you need newer drivers for an app (I highly doubt this).
However, you can update the GPU drivers in Windows, and you should do it to get the best performance. You can download them from the NVIDIA site > http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Note that drivers are only applied in the operating system you are installing them, so they will not be installed in OS X

Shockwave player updates: graphics card compatibility problems?

I've recently had a new problem reported to me in the Driveway Visualiser, a piece of Shockwave 3D content that I've been maintaining since we built it in 2008. I'm wondering if recent updates to the Shockwave Plugin (e.g. 11.5.8.612) may be contributing to this...
www.marshalls.co.uk/transform/driveway_visualiser/dv.asp
So I'd be interested to know if anyone else has had any new problems affecting old content. I tried reverting the dcr file to last year's version but the same problem still occurs, so it doesn't seem to be a recently-added bug in my code. I think it could be either a compatibility problem between the graphics card and the plugin, or between the Director 11.0 dcr and the Shockwave 11.5 web player.
Because we need the DirectImage Xtra, it's Windows only. For each different computer that we've tested, the Driveway Visualiser (DV) will either always work or always fail on that machine - regardless of whether IE or Firefox is used. All the test machines have DirectX 9.0c; all are running Win XP SP3 apart from one laptop with SP2 and Intel 965 chipset on which the DV fails. Only one has Director (11.0) installed, and on that the DV always works. The problem is much more common on laptops, so we reckon that Shockwave's ability to interface with the various graphics cards might be the reason why it's not getting the image property of a 3D cast member.
So here's what's actually happening:
When you get to step 4 of the DV, after you've drawn round the shape of your driveway, it tries to grab the image of a 3D cast member referred to by the variable gWorldMember, and fails with the "four parameters expected" error message, on this line of code...
zoomAfterImage.copyPixels(gWorldMember.image, zoomAfterImage.rect, gWorldMember.image.rect)
gWorldMember.image is being returned as <image:0> (not a usuable image) and so its rect property does not exist, hence the crash. This line of code crashes whether or not there's a sprite of the relevant 3D member on the stage at the time. The member's defaultRect has been temporarily changed so we can grab a 1024x1024 image off it. Using copyPixels, this image is resized down to the size of the zoomAfterImage image variable (again 450x450). This gives us an image at the original size of 450x450, but with a softer image quality than if we'd grabbed it from the 3D member at that size.
Is anyone suffering similar problems or aware of what Adobe has been changing in the player? At the moment I just don't see how I can fix this by changing my code...

I had wondered if there was a clash between the Director 11.0 dcr and the Shockwave 11.5 player, so I downloaded the Director 11.5 trial and re-published it using that.
It didn't make any difference, so I'm left with my original suspicion that Shockwave is failing to interface with certain graphics hardware setups via directX, when it tries to read the image property of a 3D cast member.

Problem updating Graphics card

While I was trying to update my graphics drivers I came up with the message that says my hardware is not compatible with the latest version.
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/737-28041SupportforATIMobility.aspx
What shall I do from here? My graphics drivers are 3 years out of date. I do not want to have that on my notebook.
Thank you

"The AMD Mobility Radeon™ graphics driver supplied by the notebook manufacturer is customized for the built-in display and the features and functions specific to the notebook. It is recommended to use the drivers provided by the notebook manufacturer."
This is the most recent graphics driver that is available and compatible with your notebook: http://goo.gl/Nqry8
There may be updated versions of the driver for your graphics card, but if you read what I quoted from the website that you linked, it explains how the driver is specific and customized for your notebook.
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Update Graphics Card BIOS

I have N580GTX-M2D15D5/OC. I want to Update the Graphics Card BIOS ,I visited the MSI website and found this BIOS file NV801MS.KG4, Tell me how to update the vga card bios with this file because there is no update utility or rom file with this download?

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Today I turned on the computer and noticed colored lines appeared during booting windows and then error showed and system restarted
That is no vbios issue but most likely a hardware defect. If you already tried a different bios you have the verfication it is no bios issue. A vbios doesn't just die all of a sudden. It causes issues from the start or is working.
Try the card in another machine and if problem presists rma it if still covered by warranty.

Why OpenCL is grayed out in supported and updated graphics card?

Hi,
I have NVIDIA GeForce 520 which does support open CL and is officially tested by Adobe.
I have the most updated driver installed from Nvidia.
I have win 7 64bit
I use Photoshop CS6 64bit
and still in preferences->performance->advanced settings
I see "Use OpenCL" grayed out.
Can anyone explain this?

Arielinson wrote:
This is of course done for NVIDIA GEFORCE 520 with newest drivers.
The people here who have ATI cards have a totally diffrent driver issue.
Looks like NVIDA also have work to do on updating their drivers then!
I don't think ATI users necessarily have a totally different driver issue: we've confirmed through your thread that the problem causing OpenCL to intermittently become unavailable is most likely to be the result of errors caused by the graphics card driver, and I'm hopeful that it will be resolved by future driver updates (in fact GraySki's experience is that it already has been fixed on the ATI side). What causes PS to identify that there's a driver error may vary considerably: might be rendering video as you've experienced, might be using say the new blur filters. But the basic underlying issue appears to be driver error, regardless of the card manufacturer.
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Cannot update graphics card BIOS, MSI Live upate 6 will not work.

Live update 6 does not support "MSI Radeon R9 280x Gaming 6G" graphics card.
Live update 6 does not run.
Even tried mass loading Live update 6 to the point it had 800+ "Live Update.exe 32*" processors running in task manager and they soon disappeared 20 seconds later.
No UI.
No Error message.
If the program is not running it is clear it does not support any of the hardware in my system including "MSI Radeon R9 280x Gaming 6G".
As a result I cannot update to latest BIOS for my graphics card.
Operating system: Windows 7 64bit (last update 05/09/2014 6 days ago)
CPU: AMD A8-6600k APU @ 4.60GHz
RAM: 8GB Dual channel Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer DDR3 1866MHz CL9
Motherboard: Asrock FM2A88M Extreme4+
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 280x Gaming 6G
GPU details:
Am I required to have an MSI motherboard to be eligible for a graphics card BIOS update?
The reason why I seek this is because the entire line of R9 200 series graphics cards are plagued with screen flickering due to ULPS. BIOS updates for other vendors of the card; "Gigabyte", "Asus" etc have been reported to fix the monitor flicking ULPS causes however since I have an MSI GFX card I cannot use Gigabyte and Asus BIOS updates.
I no longer have the flickering issue due disabling ULPS and overclocking the graphics card however it's causing the card to operate at a constant 48 degrees and chew power.
With the overclock values and stress testing it with Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 (extreme preset) the card reaches a max of 74 degrees over the course of stress testing for 4 hours.
But I would like to be able to have my card at factory clock settings with ULPS without the flickering and I'm wanting to see if the staff at MSI are fully aware of the bug in their product line and if the latest BIOS version for the graphics card would fix the issue.

No but live update is flakey at best and i wouldn't trust it.... (seen far to many problems with it)
if you want a Updated VBIOS if one is available please supply these 2 things and then one of the other mods will be able to get you what is needed!
1: Serial number of your card (leave off the last 3 digits and then there is no unique information about your card as the rest is all just manufacture data to all the cards from that batch)
2: click the little icon to the side of your BIOS version number and save a copy of the VBIOS to a file and uplaod it to somewhere and give us a link to the file... (use somewhere like Dropbox)
once we have those 2 pieces of information someone here will be able to get one if Available for your card

Looking to Update Graphics Card

Looking to update my 2009 Mac Pro graphics cards which is an ATI RADEON HD4870.
I run a triple booting machine SL 10.6.8, Lion 10.7.5 and WIndows 7 under Bootcamp
so need the bootscreen.
Looking for a plug n play card that requires no extra cables or flashing.

did you rule out and not interested in go with 5770? I mean you jbuilt a fence and know Apple has next to nothing that is sensible in price/performance.
I think GTX are nice but not with 10.6.8. MacVidCards does the support and flashing.
And yes there is better performance with even 5770.
Asked and answered
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1476498

Errorr 25000 for Bluestacks installation, looking for updated graphics card driver

Hi,
I am having problems installing Bluestacks emular on my HP Pavillion Laptop. It always says that update my graphics card driver. I really wanted to install Bluestacks so that I can play any android games on my HP Pavillion. I hope you can help me. Thank you so much. God bless!

Hi @KebsLorenzo ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP Pavilion dv4-1465dx Entertainment Notebook PC and needing to use BlueStacks App Player. Here is a link to uninstall software in Windows 8. You need to uninstall this Bluestacks software and reinstall it.
If this does not help here is a link to Bluestacks Support page. As it is third party software.
Thanks.
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Update graphic card driver

Hey, guys. I have a macbook pro with 330m nvidia card on board. I started to play Skyrim(a game) in windows 7 a few days ago. Knowing the graphic card driver is not updated, I have been always ponderring on if it worth a try to update the driver on my own, instead of waiting for Apple to do it. Basically, I am not sure about the risk. Will the latest official driver overheat my laptop? Also, should I install the whole package (including Physix and others), or only the graphic card driver? Anyone who have experience please help? Thx.

Boot Camp has been a great asset for we who desire to play PC games on our Macs. A problem I see emerging is the thinning down of the laptops. Faster chips and less space means more heat to get rid of. Because of this I think we are seeing some compromise in the Macs. Until the latest round of new models the MacBook Pros pretty much kept up with the gaming PCs in regards to the processor, graphics, and RAM.
Here is a comparison of what is currently available for maxed out 15" laptops from Apple and Clevo. I assume the compactness of the Mac precludes the use of the higher performing components.
2012 MacBook Pro Retina
2.7GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, 1GB GDDR5
2012 Clevo P150EM
2.9GHz Core i7-3920XM Extreme
32GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
NVIDIA GTX 680M, 4GB GDDR5
As an aside I have become an Elder Scrolls enthusiast. I started out with Skyrim in January and am still working on visiting all the places on the big map. I have also acquired Oblivion, Morrowind, and Daggerfall which are in various stages of completion. Here is what hardware I run them on. Happy gaming.
Skyrim - Clevo P150HM (2011) Win7
Oblivion - MacBook Pro (2010) BootCamp/Win7
Morrowind - MacBook (2006) BootCamp/WinXP
Daggerfall - MacBook (2006) BootCamp/WinXP

? Need to update graphic card

When I open up Photoshop CC on my iMac it tells me that:
3D features require a minimum of 512 MB of vRAM. Photoshop has detected less than that on your system.
Updating the driver of your graphics card may resolve the issue.
For more information visit: http://www.adobe.com/go/photoshop_gpu_uk
I have gone to the website site but have not been able to find any answers there. Is the need to update the driver of the graphic card purely for the 3D features or is it also effecting Photoshop CC from fully functioning to its best?
Any hel will be greatly appreciated.
Ornella

Well, what IS your card, and does it have at least 512Meg of video ram?

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