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    Future Video Card upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by koshim, Jul 8, 2005.

  1. koshim

    koshim Newbie

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    i just bought a brand new Dell Inspiron 6000 with 128 ATi X300 video card
    i'm a gamer so i was wondering can i upgrade my notebook video card to a better one in future
     
    koshim, Jul 8, 2005
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  2. Amber

    Amber Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    As far as I know, you won't be able to unless Dell starts using a better card. The BIOS will only support the X300s, so if you bought another card like nVidia 6800 ultra to replace it, it wouldn't work. Basically, you can only upgrade to cards that are specifically meant for the 6000.
     
    Amber, Jul 8, 2005
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    koshim Newbie

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    Noted.............Thank you
     
    koshim, Jul 15, 2005
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    dark_prince Notebook Geek

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    Yep!!! Thats the catch!!! The best videocard i6000 can support is 128 MB X300 so you can't upgrade from that. But in case of i9300 there are more options coz it supports nVidia 6800 as well and you might be able to try something different but only dell can tell you that for sure.
     
    dark_prince, Jul 15, 2005
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    alwaysfaithful Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ordered an inspiron 6000 with a 64MB X300 instead of a 128MB one. Is there a big difference? And if I upgrade the RAM, to 1GB, will that compensate the lack of dedicated memory in my video card.
     
    alwaysfaithful, Jul 18, 2005
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    Conscript Notebook Geek

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    No it will not compensate for it because Video RAM on the x300 is dedicated, so there is nothing you can do. It will help performance to have more regular RAM too, but its not the same.
     
    Conscript, Jul 18, 2005
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