The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Graphics card (newbie question)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by gorox, Aug 28, 2007.

  1. gorox

    gorox Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Other than being able to play games at higher settings. What are the other benefits of upgrading from the basic card that comes with a laptop, to a 256mb nvidia 8600?

    Yes, I know this is a very newbie question, please be nice :)
     
    gorox, Aug 28, 2007
    #1
  2. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

    Reputations:
    634
    Messages:
    3,637
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    a higher card now means you can play games longer before you need to upgrade. also note that you can not upgrade GPU's in notebooks once you own it.
     
    yuio, Aug 28, 2007
    #2
  3. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

    Reputations:
    222
    Messages:
    791
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    unless when you have an MXM-slot
    then you "might" be able to upgrade :)
     
    Kwakkel, Aug 28, 2007
    #3
  4. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

    Reputations:
    2,284
    Messages:
    2,383
    Likes Received:
    94
    Trophy Points:
    66
    Yay for C90!
     
    Patrick, Aug 28, 2007
    #4
  5. lunateck

    lunateck Bananaed

    Reputations:
    527
    Messages:
    2,654
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    +1
    You can't really upgrade graphic cards on a notebooks unless it is MXMed. Likewise the Asus C90.
     
    lunateck, Aug 28, 2007
    #5
  6. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

    Reputations:
    1,133
    Messages:
    3,548
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Even then upgrades are rearely practical, its best to overshoot your needs when it comes to laptops unless you plan to replace it on frequent(yearly/bi yearly schedule)
     
    Iceman0124, Aug 28, 2007
    #6
  7. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

    Reputations:
    222
    Messages:
    791
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    it's getting better (very slowly)
    once you got MXM, you're 1 step ahead
    then you just have to keep your fingers crossed the card you wants gets an MXM model, and that it is the form factor you need :)
     
    Kwakkel, Aug 29, 2007
    #7