Graphics card replacement help/suggestions?

Hey all, I have a Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 that had an nvidia 7900GS card, intel core 2 duo (forgot the exact processor, but it was lower end) and so on. Anyways my laptop did awhile back, but I finally took it in to a laptop repair place and they told me the video card now, and they can order a new one and repair it all for about $320. What I'm wondering is would any more recent graphics cards be compatible with my laptop? Any suggestions would be great.

 

Sounds like their going to change motherboard out to me,but if it was me i would sell it for parts and put the 324.00 plus few more greenbacks and get a newer or refurbished newer laptop.

 

i agree.. no point wasting your money on this.. a $300 laptop would own this... sell it for scrap and get a new one.

Panther214

 

The Nvidia Go 7900 GS is a MXM 2.0 Type III type as far as I know, so it's theoretically possible to change the card for a GPU of the same MXM type. However, the card dates back to summer '06 and I have no idea of possible compatible cards which could be better. And another problem is that unfortunately you can't be a 100% sure whether a different card with the sam MXM type will work as the MXM standard isn't applied completely by the manufacturers.

I really recommend putting the money in a new laptop and selling the parts of the old one, just as razorjack said.

 

The video card used in your Dell is NOT in a standard MXM format. It is in a proprietary Dell shape.

Your Dell Video Card:


Regular MXM 2.0

 

Oh, if that's the card it's probably impossible to find a card with the same shape / connectors to upgrade your laptop.

@j0KER: Your second picture is a MXM 2.0 Type II card if I'm not very mistaken... the standard Nvidia Go 7900 GS is a MXM 2.0 Type III card... as far as I remember correctly, and Type III is bigger.

 

DON'T!!!!

Get Dell to fix it for FREE even out of warranty. inspiron 1705 is on the list of laptops with faulty Nvidia cards.
The NVIDIA GPU Litigation - Affected Models

 

Either way, he can't use ANY of the standard MXM video cards, only the Dell Proprietary ones.

YES!!! You spelled my name right!! +REP

But as key001 posted, Dell should fix it for free.

 

Yes, indeed.

lol XD

That's great news, way easier than all the work which is needed for DIY.

 

I saw the thread about the settlement, but read it wrong and thought it was too late, but by the looks of it, I'm just on time. Just now to wait for the claim paperwork and whatnot huh? Definitely works for me!

Anyways, thanks for the input.