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    Upgrading my custom laptop's video card

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by fightthegoodfight, Dec 25, 2007.

  1. fightthegoodfight

    fightthegoodfight Newbie

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    Ive researched the mobo in my laptop which was custom built and have learned it has a pciexpress 16x slot. I would love to put a card in it so I can play some of my video games instead of on my desktop. It has built in graphics right now and it's not cutting it for me.

    So my question is where can I find a place online to buy a mobile graphics card that will work with Vista, but if it wont work with Vista I can downgrade. Ive searched google with no luck and been to tigerdirect and newegg where I but most of my parts. Anyone have any links or help what so ever?
     
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    What is your costume made laptop? Is the graphics card a standard form?
     
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    fightthegoodfight Newbie

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    The laptop has a compal e181 mobo, 2gb ram, 150gig hdd. And its the onboard video (intel graphics)
     
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    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    it looks like it is not possible ...
     
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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    are you talking about that?

    If so then that refers to a express card slot(its by the PCMCIA slot) for ExpressCard modules like

    http://www.expresscard.org/web/site/cons_wtb.jsp#pci
    and not a laptop video card.

    However Asus was suppose to introduce a external graphic card for the express card slot but it never really got off the ground.

    BTW, Integrated graphic cards are not upgradable. Read this thread (upgrading mobile video cards for more information)
     
    Kdawgca, Dec 25, 2007
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