Yet another notebook graphics card upgrade post... but maybe with some promise!

This is my first post on notebookreview.com, looks like a good forum though!

I have recently(last week) aquired an HP L2000 Notebook, thinking the 128mb graphics card would at least be DECENT for some 3D gaming...


Oh how wrong I was! It is truly terrible, Doom3 with the lowest graphics setting and ALL effects turned off would hit 3-4fps whenever something interesting was happening... and even for an integrated card... that's really sad.

So I've looked the chipset, and I learned alot more about the ATI Xpress 200M thing running my graphics. And APPARENTLY, the chipset supports PCI Xpress! This would mean that theoretically I could hook up any other PCI Xpress card and have it take over graphics(I could be wrong, but I found this information http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20041108/radeon_xpress-03.html.

And now the question: Is this possible? Am I completely and utterly wrong? If it is possible... how hard would it be to pull off?

I appreciate any ideas/expertise!

--Brian Baker
--Starcraft Enthusiast
--But sometimes plays more graphically intense games


**EDIT**

I just realized it would help to post my important specs:

2.0Ghz AMD Turion 64 -37
2 Gigs RAM
80Gig 5400RPM hd

 

amazing to see someone who plays the good old games ... starcraft I mean ... I still play it too

I don't think that this info is relevant to laptops. Since your graphics is dedicated that means that there wont be a pci-ex slot on the board to install a card/chip into it. Notebook manufacturers try to keep production costs to a minimum and hence in most cases wont bother to include a slot that they wont be using ... especially since you find most manufacturers actually soldering in the graphic chips instead of puting them in a socket which would allow for an upgrade!