HP Elitebook 8570W - is it still good ? Hardware modifications

[GuitarG]

On 7/2/2025 at 8:04 PM, SuperMG3 said:

Hello. Did you test if RTX 3000 from HP works too? If it works, it means all RTX 3000/4000/5000 work at the end. I can get the cards work on the first slot of my laptop and have better driver supports for RTX 7000 GPUs on the second slot on 3rd gen hahaha

Quadro T1000/T2000 or any RTX 3000-5000 will work. Tried few vBIOS on mine, all worked with differences being what ports it outputs, for ex. some vBIOS didn't worked with my Displayport. They also different with TDP, Mhz min and max parameters.

I would love to borrow Ampere gen card and check if it would work.

[Daedalus]

Great to see such amazing work done on the trusty 8570w. Recently got a i7 unit and maxxed the ram upto 32gb @1600mhz ( i have seen 1866 DDR3L HyperX is possible). i7-3940XM is awaiting install once i pick it up.

I see alot of MXM cards are possible on the chat (965M/970/980 and the Quadro cards)  Which is a sensible upgrade for longevity as i see some cards shorten the life of the machine.  I see there is the NVflash and found a custom driver for the 965 on another site. and then there is the question of what bios etc works with what.

Happy to get all heatsink separate parts. Is there a list of which to get? e.g 8770W fan shroud etc? i see you had a laaaarge pile of sinks, pipes and bits to get to the utopia you have now.

Apologies for all the questions, your input Much appreciated, keep up the awesome work.