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    where can i buy an ati 4650 gddr3 for my laptop???

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by johnnyman27, Nov 25, 2009.

  1. johnnyman27

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    someone knows any place where people can buy this card???thanxxxx!!!
     
    johnnyman27, Nov 25, 2009
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    Very hard to find... quite impossible... even hard to find a 4670...wait long...
     
    sean473, Nov 25, 2009
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    Has anyone bought it from this website? You can only contact them... can't buy it yet...
     
    sean473, Nov 26, 2009
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    On a side question - are you sure you can actually swap the graphics card in your laptop?
     
    DetlevCM, Nov 26, 2009
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    johnnyman27 I see your laptop uses a 9600M GT GDDR3.

    I highly doubt that your laptop can support the 4650HD GDDR3. Are you sure you can upgrade without problems?

    95% of laptops have non-upgradeable GPU, since they are either soldered on the MoBo, or simply not compatible.
     
    Serg, Nov 26, 2009
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    the acer 5930g can be upgraded as it supports MXM type II cards. i dont know if an asus card will work in an acer though as the one on that site was from asus
     
    wildman_33, Nov 26, 2009
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    Why bother? The 9600M GT GDDR3 you've got is among the fastest MXM-II cards out there - you're looking at very minimal gains for the money and effort you would put into upgrading to a Radeon HD 4650 GDDR3 card, especially one that may not even exist.
    ASUS video cards actually use a flipped-MXM structure and are thus incompatible with other models.

    Check the Acer MXM thread for compatibility and chatter.
     
    TehSuigi, Nov 26, 2009
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    I don't think you'd be hitting the Fill Rate of a 9600m GT with a 2.0Ghz CPU, I'd go for a CPU Upgrade.
     
    Darth_nVader, Nov 26, 2009
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    I wouldn't - you'd be getting even less bang for your buck in a gaming situation!
    If you're doing video encoding or other CPU-intensive stuff on the side, then it would make a larger difference.
     
    TehSuigi, Nov 26, 2009
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