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    Change video card

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gio, Feb 11, 2005.

  1. gio

    gio Newbie

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    Hi, i have an acer travel mate 2200 with ati 9000 igp i have agp 8x bus, can i change the video card with a most performance one??
    Thank you!![ :D]
     
    gio, Feb 11, 2005
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    jedisolo Notebook Deity

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    the answer is no. IGP stands for Integrated Graphics which means you are stuck with it, sorry. The only option is to sell your notebook and wait till they release the PCI express line of notebooks.
    -andrew
     
    jedisolo, Feb 11, 2005
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    Tacjam Notebook Consultant

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    PCI-E express notebooks are out by several manufactures right now. HP, Compaq, Sager, Alienware, Voodoo and more. I'm affraid Gio you can't upgrade your notebook. Still not a bad machine. You can play games just not the most advanced games.

    X6000 P-4 3.2GHz 2gigs PC2 4200(533MHz)Ram 7200RPM 60 gig HHD 8x DVD Burner and the Brightview!
     
    Tacjam, Feb 11, 2005
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    Ballin4life Notebook Evangelist

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    Unfortunately, no, you can't upgrad ethe video card. I would also like to point out, Tacjam, that the PCI-Express models from all of those makers, including HP/Compaq are all very expensive ($1800+). The TravelMate 2200 is roughly a sub-$1000 system (at least on pcconnection.com, where I found one for like $600-$700). I would suggest waiting until the Dell Inspiron 6000 gets a 128 mb X300, which still won't be top-of-the-line, but still a big improvement from IGP.
     
    Ballin4life, Feb 12, 2005
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    Tacjam Notebook Consultant

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    The ZD8000 starts at around $1200 and the X6000 around $1100. Both have PCI-E (granted at that price level, your ram and hard drive suffers, but it can be had)The ZD8000 offers the X600 128 and 256MB cards. The X6000 can be had with the X300 or X600 in memory configs from 64-256MB

    X6000 P-4 3.2GHz 2gigs PC2 4200(533MHz)Ram 7200RPM 60 gig HHD 8x DVD Burner and the Brightview!
     
    Tacjam, Feb 12, 2005
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    gio Newbie

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    Thank you to all for yours answers!!! i have another question if i take an external hard drive usb 2 like 160GB 7200 rpm 8mb cache, and i install for example a game, this run good or run much slow?
    thanks!!![ :D]
     
    gio, Feb 13, 2005
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    my brother runs his games on an external, it runs faster than his internal 5400 RPM.

    * Inspiron 8600c * 1.8ghz Pentium M * 128 MB Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo * 2x512 MB DDR2700 SDRAM * 60GB 7200RPM HDD *
     
    mathlete2001, Feb 14, 2005
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  8. gio

    gio Newbie

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    It's really that it's not important to ioncrease the ram to the maximum capacity to obtain the best performance? if it's what's the best level now i've 512 mb
     
    gio, Feb 14, 2005
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    gio Newbie

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    It's really that it's not important to ioncrease the ram to the maximum capacity to obtain the best performance? if it's what's the best level now i've 512 mb
     
    gio, Feb 14, 2005
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    Upgrading ram does make a difference, but not that big of one. And also, the ZD8000 was over $1800 for a satisfying system, but not even WinMCE, only 3.2 ghz, only 512 ram or something like that. Yes, it starts at about 1200, but that is like with everything at the lowest/none.
     
    Ballin4life, Feb 15, 2005
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