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    upgradable graphics with sonoma?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Raging_Bull, Jan 23, 2005.

  1. Raging_Bull

    Raging_Bull Notebook Geek

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    Hey everyone,

    Will it be possible to upgrade graphics cards in laptops with the new sonoma processors (as it utilizes pci-express)?

    Thanks alot!
     
    Raging_Bull, Jan 23, 2005
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    Some higher end gaming rigs will continue to offer this, as they do now. Most however probably will not.






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    Hi raging bull, No in general it still won't be possible to upgrade video. It will remain as it is now, with only a couple of the high end gaming rigs offering the video upgrade. In fact all pci-express is is a new bus spec; it does not mean there will be a new "plugin slot" in your notebook. Most everyone won't even notice any difference between the new pci-express and 8x AGP slot. This is because that bus is not the bottleneck, Anandtech published an article awhile back showing that even all the current high end video games show no improvement in speed when going from a 4X agp to an 8x agp. This means that 4x agp is more than enough for current gaming needs, so it will be some time before games or other applications are bogged down by 8x agp and require pci-express. It's basically just a new faster spec that we won't even need for at least 3-5 years, to keep the designers employed with something to do.

    That's my speal on pci-express, I would not waste any extra money to get it until 8x agp is a bottle-neck to performance.

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    bootleg2go, Jan 23, 2005
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