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The thread discusses a user's concern about the limited upgrade options for the CPU and GPU on their Lenovo Ideapad U530, with responses clarifying that these components are soldered and cannot be upgraded. The user provides detailed specifications, including an Intel i7 CPU and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M GPU, and some troubleshooting advice is offered regarding driver issues and system settings to improve performance. Overall, the conversation reflects a technical limitation with advice on optimizing existing hardware rather than hardware upgrades.
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Conor Austin

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I wanted to know what I could do about the terrible CPU and GPU on my ideapad. I swapped the SSHD with a crucial SSD 500gb SSD. But the CPU/GPU I can't seem to find but I hear they are soldered in. What can I do to make these better
 

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So the key issue seems to be the NVidia driver. Which one are you using now?

For the time being
- please check if your virtual memory/swap space is set correctly (system controlled)
- you could also specify Max Performance in Advanced System Settings, this switches off Cleartype text, but you can select it afterwards
- and maybe your system is doing a virus scan or something like that, you can check that in the task manager (after Ctrl-Alt - Del)

Please come back if I am going to fast and need to explain more.

Henk
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Could you tell us the spec's of your Lenove U530?

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Graphics Card
NVIDIA Geforce GT 730M N14M-GS DDR3 2GB
Video Memory
2 GB
Communication
Gigabit LAN and WLAN

CPU
CPU Type
Intel Core i7
CPU Speed
2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency
 

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That's a decent system mate for an ipad.
Nvidia has issues with WX default drivers... I know they are working on it but there isn't any timeline for a fix (I'm aware of) yet.
 

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So the key issue seems to be the NVidia driver. Which one are you using now?

For the time being
- please check if your virtual memory/swap space is set correctly (system controlled)
- you could also specify Max Performance in Advanced System Settings, this switches off Cleartype text, but you can select it afterwards
- and maybe your system is doing a virus scan or something like that, you can check that in the task manager (after Ctrl-Alt - Del)

Please come back if I am going to fast and need to explain more.

Henk
 

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