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    What video card is an NV43M 256mb?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by fuzzylogik25, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. fuzzylogik25

    fuzzylogik25 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking for a replacement for my broken video card. It's for my Alienware m5500i-r3. Now i know i can use a go6600 or go7600, ati x1600 or x1800. I've emailed ECS who carries the go6600, but a representitve emailed back mentioning "we do not carry the 7600, but we have the NV43M 256mb... It's absolutely suitable for your laptop." Is that true?

    Is the NV43M 256mb a safe purchase to put into my laptop? I'm pretty new to this forum and laptops... but the NV43M sounds generic to me! I hope i'm wrong! But please let me know!!

    Much appreciated =)
     
    fuzzylogik25, Mar 5, 2008
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    I don't know that much about video cards myself, but I can tell you that it's one of Nvidia's cards that is targeted towards businesses. I'm not sure what it's GeForce equivalent is.

    Greg
     
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    NV43M is the codename for the GPU core in the mobile 6600 series.
     
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    interik Newbie

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    Hi Fuzzylogic, the NV43M is an Nvidia Geforce Go 6600 graphics card, I'm replying because my philips lx1000 media centre had one that's broken and I've been trying to buy a replacment for ages! could you tell me where i can buy one from? You mentioned ECS, but i can't find them on the internet.
    Best regards
     
    interik, Oct 1, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Your Phillips media center is basically a micro ITX desktop inside a small enclosure.
    Does the system have a removable graphics card?
    Can you take an image of the inside, so we can help you out more

    If it uses a pci graphics card from a desktop, than you can easily replace it.
    if its a integrated graphics card than you will need to replace the entire media center.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 1, 2008
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  6. interik

    interik Newbie

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    thanks for the reply K-TRON. the graphics card is removable, it's not a desktop pc card though, its a PCI Express X16 NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 Laptop Graphics card. I've been scouring ebay for one with no luck, does anyone know where i can get one from, at a resonable price? Best regards interik
     
    interik, Oct 3, 2008
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  7. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    On the graphics card their will be a model number or part number.
    You will need to buy a replacement graphics card with the exact same model/part number

    You will have to remove the graphics card to find the numbers on it.

    Post the numbers here, or do a google search of the numbers.
    Your best bet may also to email the guys at MXM-Upgrade.
    They will be able to tell you what graphics card your system can support.
    A member here, "ice-tea" runs mxm-upgrade, so you may want to search his username and send him a Private message

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 3, 2008
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