I would appreciate help in knowing what upgrade options I have for the GPU in my aging laptop. It was very expensive when new and it has been reliable and sports a fantastic 10bit IPS panel and glass screen. I wrote to Dell to ask about it, and they were worse than useless. I sent them their own unique device code for my machine so they could see exact specs and customer info, after many days all I got was questions if I was looking to make a business purchase. Replied, waited weeks, nothing. When I tried to buy a laptop last year from them I had to get 20 mins. of frames rendering in a hurry. They wanted more than a week to ship. I was able to call up B&H in NYC and order an identical spec MSI machine and drive down to pick it up. Dell = jerks.
I can't justify a new laptop right now so want to extend the life of this one. It has been great, but Adobe apps and Cinema4D are not happy with the GPU. I'm hoping I can upgrade it. The new card must be able to do 10bit color in Photoshop, which used to always mean a Quadro. Generally, I've always bought Quadros.
News item, Jul 29, 2019: "NVIDIA has just released the latest version of its Studio Driver...the new driver, “delivers the best performance and reliability for creative applications via extensive testing of creator workflows” by adding support for 10-bit color for creatives who use programs like Adobe Photoshop and Premiere.
The new driver was announced at SIGGRAPH 2019, and it’s a big deal for PC users who don’t want to pony up for NVIDIA’s expensive Quadro cards. Up until now, only NVIDIA’s Quadro RTX cards supported 30-bit color (10-bits per channel) leaving users with NVIDIA’s GeForce and Titan lines of laptop and desktop GPUs limited to 24-bits (8-bits per channel)."
I would like to know up to what level of Nvidia cards I can use with this chipset.
Other than going from Win7 to Win10, the laptop is stock:
Intel Core i7-3840QM CPU @ 2.80GHz
Code Name Ivy Bridge
Package Socket 988B rPGA
Family 6 Extended Family 6
Model A Extended Model 3A
Stepping 9
Revision E1/L1
Dell Inc. Model 0WK0KW (SOCKET 0) Version A00
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model Ivy Bridge
Chipset Revision 09
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model QM77
Southbridge Revision 04
NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
GPU GK104
Device ID 10DE-11BD Revision A2
17.3" FHD(1920x1080): Dell UltraSharp™ with PremierColor technology, IPS, LED-backlit, 100% Adobe RGB Color Gamut
Any help will be greatly appreciated.