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    On-Board Graphics Upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by foggy, Jul 19, 2006.

  1. foggy

    foggy Newbie

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    Hi,

    Is it possible to upgrade on-board graphics or not?
    If not is it possible to somehow connect to an external graphics card?

    I have a:
    Compaq Presario 2500
    2.6G Celeron
    768 Mb DDR Ram
    64Mb on Board Graphics. (which i believe uses ram)

    It runs very slowly and plays game even worse. I was thinking about trying to upgrade the processor but have read on this forum that i should start with graphics to get the games to run better.

    Any Suggestions?
     
    foggy, Jul 19, 2006
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  2. Hillbilly

    Hillbilly Notebook Geek

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    Look in the gaming section.
     
    Hillbilly, Jul 19, 2006
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  3. foggy

    foggy Newbie

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    consider this question answered.

    cheers
     
    foggy, Jul 19, 2006
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  4. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    no there is no chance. On board GPUs are soldiered into the motherboard. If you had a dell, you might have half a chance, but no, you cannot. It is impossible to squeeze another GPu into the case anyway.....and the cooling system of your laptop may not be good enough....there are a never ending number of reasons why you CANNOT upgrade your graphics card.

    There are a few exclllent guides about why you can't upgrade GPUs in the gaming section of the forum.
     
    Lil Mayz, Jul 19, 2006
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