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    Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q850 Upgrades

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Jack_of_Blades, Nov 20, 2009.

  1. Jack_of_Blades

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    Jack_of_Blades, Nov 20, 2009
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    No, you won't be able to upgrade it.
    Toshiba uses modular GPU design, but it non-standard. You generally can swap GPU boards within given family, but 250M currently is the most powerful that available for X505 series.
     
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    How powerful is it? Because the games that I play aren't that demanding.
     
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    It is almost the same as powerful as 9800. Pretty powerful I would say.
     
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    Here is my game list:
    Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Diablo II and III, KOTOR I and II and The Old Republic, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, Star Wars Battle Front II, Republic Commando, Doom III, Star Wars Galaxies, Dragon Age: Origins, Fable.
     
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    I thought the GTS 250M was a MXM 3.0b card - shouldn't that be exchangeable with other MXM 3.0b cards?
     
    Zeratul010, Nov 20, 2009
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    GTS 250M is a chipset, not a card.
    In whatever form it comes, entirely depends on who uses this chip and how.
    Toshiba does not use MXM, on their 17 and 18 inch models they put GPU chips on mini-cards of own design which changes from series to series.
     
    Ingvarr, Nov 21, 2009
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    I have crysis, borderlands and BF2 and have not issues with the video card.

    I suspect you will NOT have issues with any of yours.
     
    Compusmurf, Nov 21, 2009
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    Hmm... I dont play Crysis but this is good news. Whad do you run it on? How how the settings?
     
    Jack_of_Blades, Nov 23, 2009
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