Mobility Radeon X300

I have been reading the posts about this product, and I need some help. I confess to be addicted to the Links golf games, but the newest version that will still play on a computer (prior to Links' going to X-Box versions only) is 2003, and the graphics for it are really crummy on my Thinkpad i1300. I was considering upgrading the graphics card to the Mobility Radeon X300, but I can't find anywhere on the web if that video card will be compatible with my TP. I also don't know (I'm more software than hardware) how to remove the current video card in the laptop to determine if it's 64-pin or 128-pin (I'm guessing 64?). This TP is limited to 194 RAM, and IBM says the largest hard drive it will work with is the 10GB it came with, but I have successfully installed a new 60GB hard drive on it. I just want to improve the graphics. Is it possible to upgrade this TP i1300 with the Mobility Radeon X300? (If a better Mobility Radeon is recommended, I can get it -- I was just thinking the simplest/"smallest" one would be most likely to work on this virtually obsolete laptop).

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks tolerating a novice.

golfmobile

 

You can't upgrade the video in your Thinkpad. That trend is only just now starting to happen in the most current laptops, and then only with a very few vendors (I don't even know which ones).

Sorry. [ ]

Russ

HP ZV5000z
Athlon 64 3000+
768mb RAM
60gb 4200rpm HD
nVidia G0 440 64mb
DVD-RW/CD-RW
1394, 5-in-1 card reader
15.4" wide screen
802.11 b/g w/Speedbooster

 

Russ,

Thanks for letting me know. I know that some newer laptops are installing the Mobility Radeon and the GeForce Go video cards. I was hoping I might be able to sneak it in on my laptop the way I did with the hard drive [ ], but, alas! It is not to be [V] -- oh, well, will just play the 2000-2001 Links games. They work "okay." There is a video upgrade on the IBM site which I may try.

Thanks again for taking the time to give me an answer.

golfmobile

 

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Russ,

Actually I'm closer to Fayetteville than J'boro, in spite of our "legal" address.

The IBM upgrade must have been for earlier versions of Windows XP than I have on my laptop (which I also just found out is supposed to be running Windows ME only -- wonder how long it'll be before it crashes . . . . ), because when I downloaded it and tried to install it, I was advised I already had it. I over-wrote it anyway, just in case it was simply a file with the same name, but when I checked the game, there was no change.

Thanks for your help.

Kelly