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    expansion slot question.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Amrak, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. Amrak

    Amrak Notebook Enthusiast

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    are graphics cards put in expansion slots.
    i know its a noob question. but I'm on this fourm to learn.
     
    Amrak, Jul 17, 2008
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    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    No, they aren't. 99% of graphics cards are soldered to your motherboard.
     
    Hep!, Jul 17, 2008
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  3. Amrak

    Amrak Notebook Enthusiast

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    so than is there any way at all to upg an intigrated graphics card.
     
    Amrak, Jul 17, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    what laptop do you have?
    It may be possible, but most likely not.
    If its an intel graphics card, you cant upgrade period.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 17, 2008
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    They have made some but they just don't work well. Not enough throughput. The PCIe x16 is about 4GB's and that works and is the standard. Now on to the expansion slots Express Card USB mode 60MB/s PCI Express mode 250MB/s USB 2.0 is 60MB/s Firewire 1394 is 49MB/s simply not enough to deliver the performance.

    No you cannot upgrade an IGP.
     
    powerpack, Jul 17, 2008
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