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    E1705 Graphics upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by 0lorin, Jan 12, 2011.

  1. 0lorin

    0lorin Newbie

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    Hey, I have a E1705 with the Nvidia 7900 GS graphics card installed. Around the web I have seen a few articles about updating the graphics card on the E1705 but the upgrades seem to be to variations on the 7900/7950 card and were written years ago.

    Does anyone know if there are any graphics cards that are newer/faster that would be compatible with my laptop (even if they possibly require a few case modifications)?
     
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    The only other upgrade is to a GeForce Go 7900GTX which is just barely better, maybe 5-10%. The card is ~180 dollars which isn't worth the upgrade IMO.

    Case Study: Replacing the Video Card of a Dell Inspiron E1705 (9400) - Notebookcheck.net Tech
     
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