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    Help on NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS graphics card

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by melo15, Feb 22, 2009.

  1. melo15

    melo15 Newbie

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    help pls...i want to know if i can upgrade a NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS graphics card so I can play future games? i recently bought an Asus laptop with that graphics card.. i hope you could give me some insights and suggestions..

    thanks.
     
    melo15, Feb 22, 2009
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    The 9300M GS is a lower end of the market card, it can only play current games at medium to low setting, as for new games in a year or two who knows.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Feb 22, 2009
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    boypogi Man Beast

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    you can "play" future games but not enjoy it :D
     
    boypogi, Feb 22, 2009
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  5. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    don't even bother with systemrequirementslab, just use the post of "can my notebook run it?"
     
    Ghold, Feb 22, 2009
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  6. drfelip

    drfelip Notebook Evangelist

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    You can't upgrade the card.
     
    drfelip, Feb 23, 2009
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  7. melo15

    melo15 Newbie

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    drfelip,

    thanks for the info. can you enumerate some versions higher than that of my graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS) that are upgradable?

    thanks in advance...
     
    melo15, Feb 23, 2009
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  8. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    The GeForce 9300M GS is DirectX 10 and Shader 4.0 capable, the newest I know of is DirectX 10.1 and Shader 4.1.

    Not sure what the difference is though..
     
    namaiki, Feb 23, 2009
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  9. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    The possibility for upgrading a laptop's graphic card does not lie in the graphic card itself, but with the laptop. Some laptops are designed to have removable graphic cards, however, there must be a suitable replacement that would fit to consider it to be upgradeable.
     
    dtwn, Feb 23, 2009
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  10. drfelip

    drfelip Notebook Evangelist

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    That's right. The laptop has to have the graphics card in an MXM slot. Have a look at http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/
     
    drfelip, Feb 23, 2009
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