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    Notebook/Laptop Graphic Card Upgrades?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Squishface, Aug 22, 2006.

  1. Squishface

    Squishface Newbie

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    Hello all, I'm new to the forums and I'm dropping a line to say hello. Not only that but i pose a question that sales clerks at BestBuy cannot answer, and the people at Dell seem to not care about my question and havent answered me.

    My problem is a simple one, so i come to you in advice. I have a notebook (or laptop if you prefer), the Dell Inspiron 6000. I recieved it as a graduation gift from HighSchool in 2005. I want to upgrade my graphics card (currently a ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300) so it has atleast 256mb memory and 12 pipelines with pixel shader 2, or anything with 256mb mem is also fine, just needs to be faster is all. Now I've been told i cannot do this since it is a notebook, however i read that the Inspiron 6000 makes use of a port or some other bay called PCI-Express and says grapphic cards can be updated.

    Can someone please help answer that question, and if the answer is yess, do you think you could also give me some advice on which cards to choose. My price range right now is $150.00 and below. Thank you for all your help.

    PS: i searched forums and couldnt see any threads answering my question.
     
    Squishface, Aug 22, 2006
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  2. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    you cannot. for the 6000, the x300 is the best card you can get
     
    drumfu, Aug 22, 2006
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  3. Squishface

    Squishface Newbie

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    Dammit, thanks for the help. *sigh* no new game for me.
     
    Squishface, Aug 22, 2006
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  4. TedJ

    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    Including the stickied thread third from the top in this very forum? :rolleyes:
     
    TedJ, Aug 23, 2006
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  5. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Wrong forum Ted ;)

    It's in the Gaming forum the FAQ for Upgrading GPUs :p
     
    coriolis, Aug 23, 2006
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  6. rockharder

    rockharder Notebook Evangelist

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    Read sticky post first
     
    rockharder, Aug 23, 2006
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  7. TedJ

    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    Bah, of course the FAQ is in the Gaming forum, but there is a sticky that answers the question in this forum too. So :p right back atcha... :D
     
    TedJ, Aug 23, 2006
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