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    Change Graphic Card

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Yuufa, Apr 13, 2009.

  1. Yuufa

    Yuufa Newbie

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    Hello,

    I would like to know if I can change the graphic card of my Panasonic Toughbook CF-W2, for example to an Nvidia or any other good one.

    Thanks.
     
    Yuufa, Apr 13, 2009
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  2. LannyBoy

    LannyBoy Notebook Geek

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    You can't.

    Sorry to bring bad news.
     
    LannyBoy, Apr 13, 2009
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  3. coredump01

    coredump01 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Welcome to the world of mobile computing. The mobility, (relatively) small size and weight come at a price. Just about everything is soldered directly onto the mainboard as sockets weight too much and are usually too large for notebooks. The exception being mini-pci(e) slots, internal USB and serial connections.

    If you get yourself a notebook, you're usually stuck with its original hardware until you retire it.
     
    coredump01, Apr 13, 2009
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  4. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Take a look around the forum...only a handful of laptops are GPU upgradeable, and usually those already have a very good card included.
     
    rjbg84, Apr 13, 2009
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  5. cootuk

    cootuk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wasn't there talk years ago of an external add-on for back at base?
    Like this...ViDock Gfx PRO...
     
    cootuk, Apr 13, 2009
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