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    Any recomendations for a Graphics card upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sidlexic, Aug 6, 2007.

  1. Sidlexic

    Sidlexic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently posted "is my graphics card damaged?". Apparently i just got the ****ty kind of the Go7400.
    I'll say again, i own a Dell XPS M1210 running VISTA ultimate on a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 64mb deditcated. Is it possible to upgrade the video card for this model? if it is, what should i go for and if you could list prices that would be great. I'm trying to run the new microsoft games like Halo2 and Shadowrun. I've heard Halo2 is a tough one to run(experience index of 5 required).
    The helps been great. thanks.
     
    Sidlexic, Aug 6, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sorry, but there is no way to upgrade the M1210.
     
    Greg, Aug 6, 2007
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    i hate to tell u this but the Geforce go is actually a non MXM GPU. so it is impossible to upgrade. tbh the only way u could get any sort of option is the Asus XG Station its a station that houses a desktop GPU if i remember correctly. and it connects via Express Slot. will be quite spendy though
     
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    Thats sweet. yes, pretty expensive, might go for that in a year or so. is it hard to deal with switching between cards? because obviously i don't want to carry that around all the time.
     
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    im really not sure. i havent really read thoroughly into it. ive just heard a few things here and their. ATI is also coming out with an external graphics solution. its codename "Lasso" not too much info on that yet either. supposed to utilize a PCI-E 8x connection though.
     
    imhungry29, Aug 7, 2007
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    Dual x8's, actually, also allowing for external Crossfire :D
     
    techguy2k7, Aug 7, 2007
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    yeah so what. i stole info from techguy. it was his mistake for telling me in MSN messenger. its not my fault i swear
     
    imhungry29, Aug 7, 2007
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    Riiiiiiiiiight, my fault... :D
     
    techguy2k7, Aug 7, 2007
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    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    Can someone please explain to me where the data bandwidth is coming from for these external VGAs? Doesn't an express card slot utilize a beefed up PCI-E 1x lane? How on earth is THAT going to supply a high-end videocard with enough data?

    I guess it'd explain why the monitor has to be external, the PCI-E lane wouldn't handle the bandwidth if it had to push data back into the lcd.
     
    StormEffect, Aug 7, 2007
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    the XG station is not that powerful, the go 7400 is probably more powerful than that XG station (limited by the slow expresscard connection)
     
    hlcc, Aug 7, 2007
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    expresscard is pci-e x1, so no its not enough bandwith for high-end or mid-range graphics cards.
     
    hlcc, Aug 7, 2007
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