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    Acer Aspire 5600 graphics card upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Ooudestomp, Sep 9, 2010.

  1. Ooudestomp

    Ooudestomp Newbie

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    hey, ive got an acer aspire 5600 and i was wondering what the best graphics card i could have in it for under £150. At the moment it has an ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 with 512 MB of Memory.
     
    Ooudestomp, Sep 9, 2010
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  2. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hello Ooudestomp, and welcome to the forums!

    Unfortunately, the Aspire 5600 was designed before Acer used MXM graphics cards. As a result, your ATi Mobility Radeon X1300 is embedded into your motherboard. It can't be replaced at all.

    You'd be best off saving your money and buying a new machine with a better GPU.
     
    TehSuigi, Sep 9, 2010
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  3. Ooudestomp

    Ooudestomp Newbie

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    do you mean the laptop or the funny upright thing?
     
    Ooudestomp, Sep 11, 2010
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  4. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    I mean go buy a new laptop - you can't upgrade the graphics card in your 5600, so you might as well get one that can play the games you want at settings you find tolerable.
     
    TehSuigi, Sep 11, 2010
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