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    graphics card help, thanks

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by xwgadt, Feb 28, 2006.

  1. xwgadt

    xwgadt Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know you have the sticky about no grpahics card updates. But i read something about PCI Express graphics card being updated??? Or it woudl the MXM. i am not quite sure but if you buy a laptop with a


    128MB DDR ATI's MOBILITY™ RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics

    could you update that?


    or this

    Nvidia MXM Mobile PCI Express Graphics Module 128MB
     
    xwgadt, Feb 28, 2006
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Are you asking if you can upgrade those? Technically it's possible, but many, err, most, manufacturers prevent you from doing so for various reasons. The X300 is not a good gaming card, not sure which nvidia card you're looking at.
     
    Brian, Feb 28, 2006
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  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    What laptop is it? There are very few that can be upgraded. I know of no X300 notebooks that can be upgraded.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 28, 2006
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  4. xwgadt

    xwgadt Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's the dell Inspiron 6000 .... sadly... yup.
     
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Yeah, that's a no-go.
     
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    even if the laptop was MXM or AXIOM, are there any mobile GPUs that you can actually buy and upgrade to?

    pb,out.
     
    pbcustom98, Feb 28, 2006
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

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    That's also tough to come by . . sometimes you can buy the GPU as an accessory from your dealer/manufacturer, but that's all I've seen.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 28, 2006
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    tullnd Notebook Evangelist

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    Hard to source. Some of the Gateway guys have had luck with one provider of Gateway OEM parts for the M680 series frame(used in a variety of updated models) for MXM parts. Supposedly these are standard MXM cards, not the modified ones like Dell uses...so in theory they'd work in any laptop.

    The issue is that there's no gaurantee that the physical space requirements would be compatible from card to card. From pictures I've seen, most MXM modules are of similar sizes...but I don't know that they conform to a set standard and many laptops are tight, so little variances could cause trouble sometimes.
     
    tullnd, Mar 1, 2006
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