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    thinkpad z61t- graphics upgrade

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by cool103, Jul 5, 2007.

  1. cool103

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    my friend has recently been instructed by their college to buy a
    thinkpad z61t. after bein asked to help upgrade their laptop i have been ding research on this laptop everywhere i can find an article on it. the problem is that havin bought my first laptop only recently i am not the most knowledgable source on upgrading a laptop need advice and help to fully understand what must be done. from what i understand from what i have read about this laptop it has a pci express slot on it but is occuppied by a wireless graphics card. as far as i know the only way to upgrade a graphics card on a laptop is to put a graphics card (such as the nvidia geforce go series) into a pci express slot. is there another way to install a graphics card and if not is it possible to install an additional pci express slot into the thinkpad z61t? any advice or pointers are also welcomed. please assist T-T
     
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    I believe there aren't yet products on the market to hook a normal graphics card into the pci slot on a laptop, or if there are they are prohibitively expensive. If the Advanced Dock works with the Z61t you can put a graphics card in that and get more graphics capability, but only while hooked to the dock.
     
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    do you know when it comes out or how much it would cost to get the advanced dock? any links i can take a look at for myself?
     
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    thanks evryone for the helpful advice!!! =)
     
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    Sorry for the slight thread hijack, but where can one even buy a Z61t in the US? I had one on order from Lenovo when they killed it/ran out and "transitioned" me to a T61.

    Are you getting them through your school? From a reseller?

    TIA
     
    mr. middlebrow, Jul 6, 2007
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    through a school program
     
    cool103, Jul 6, 2007
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