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    Compaq Evo N610c changing graphics card

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by aan310, May 23, 2007.

  1. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Any one know if i can change this video card in this, its APG 4x and the card is ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 4X AGP graphics controller with 32 MB DDR VRAM
    Hardware support for DirectX 7.0
     
  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It is not possible to do so.
     
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    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    will i be fine with this for xp and office 07?
     
  4. rahkunn

    rahkunn Notebook Consultant

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    For XP, just about any GPU will do fine. I had an older Compaq Armada with crappy ATI Rage GPU, and running XP was a breeze.

    Same with Office 07. It shouldn't be dependent on your GPU so much, if at all. Don't worry.