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    Video Graphic card upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by swapnilbanjhal, Jun 14, 2008.

  1. swapnilbanjhal

    swapnilbanjhal Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys
    i hav a sony vaio AR laptop its got a Nvidia 8600 gt in it,its pretty cool and all,but i had problems playin crysis on it in the med settin mode the FPS were round 10-15 which is pretty bad,and i was thinkin u know if i were able to upgarde its graphic card becoz i think in the near future all the games will be equal and better than crysis. So is it possible to upgrade it to 8800??? :confused: :confused:
     
    swapnilbanjhal, Jun 14, 2008
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  2. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    Nirvana, Jun 14, 2008
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    No, graphics cards in laptops are typically soldered onto the motherboard. Try turning down the effects and resolution in Crysis instead.
     
    Bog, Jun 14, 2008
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  4. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    No, 99.9% of notebook graphics cards are not upgradable, that sony isn't the 0.1%.
    read the stickies
     
    tianxia, Jun 14, 2008
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  5. swapnilbanjhal

    swapnilbanjhal Notebook Enthusiast

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    thats so sad it breaks my heart
     
    swapnilbanjhal, Jun 14, 2008
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Here's a tissue.
     
    Bog, Jun 14, 2008
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  7. Razor2

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    You could however use better drivers or oc it, it will give you some boost.
     
    Razor2, Jun 14, 2008
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  8. miscolobo

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    Unfortunately no...the 8600M GT should be able to handle Crysis fine...even my 8400M Gt can run it
     
    miscolobo, Jun 14, 2008
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    Budding, Jun 14, 2008
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