S spacedcadt Honorable Apr 30, 2013 9 0 10,510 May 15, 2013 #1 I have a Dell inspiron6000 with 128mg ati x300, is there a better card that will work good?
Andreas414 Honorable Apr 4, 2013 81 0 10,660 May 15, 2013 #2 Unfortunately laptop graphics can't be upgraded. Upvote 0 Downvote
S spacedcadt Honorable Apr 30, 2013 9 0 10,510 May 16, 2013 #3 Andreas414 : Unfortunately laptop graphics can't be upgraded. Why not, it's not dedicated on the mobo, it has a mini PCIe slot. Upvote 0 Downvote
Andreas414 : Unfortunately laptop graphics can't be upgraded. Why not, it's not dedicated on the mobo, it has a mini PCIe slot.
wa1 Splendid Mar 16, 2009 7,868 1 31,460 May 16, 2013 #4 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1777825,00.asp Is that your laptop? Upvote 0 Downvote
Andreas414 Honorable Apr 4, 2013 81 0 10,660 May 16, 2013 #5 spacedcadt : Andreas414 : Unfortunately laptop graphics can't be upgraded. Why not, it's not dedicated on the mobo, it has a mini PCIe slot. This thread suggests mini PCIe slots can't be used for video cards: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/354795-33-does-mini-express-graphics-card-exist Even if he did find one that met power constraints, I doubt it't be worth upgrading. The CPU would be a serious bottleneck for most applications. Upvote 0 Downvote
spacedcadt : Andreas414 : Unfortunately laptop graphics can't be upgraded. Why not, it's not dedicated on the mobo, it has a mini PCIe slot. This thread suggests mini PCIe slots can't be used for video cards: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/354795-33-does-mini-express-graphics-card-exist Even if he did find one that met power constraints, I doubt it't be worth upgrading. The CPU would be a serious bottleneck for most applications.
fastreaction Distinguished May 24, 2012 378 0 18,810 May 16, 2013 #6 In my opinion, it is not worth upgrading. Waste of time and money, instead he should look at a new laptop (or desktop) if he needs an upgrade. - Fastreaction Upvote 0 Downvote
In my opinion, it is not worth upgrading. Waste of time and money, instead he should look at a new laptop (or desktop) if he needs an upgrade. - Fastreaction
H hkpnkp Honorable Mar 27, 2013 20 0 10,510 May 16, 2013 #7 there are some external pci expansion slots which enables us to use desktop gfx with a laptop Upvote 0 Downvote
S spacedcadt Honorable Apr 30, 2013 9 0 10,510 May 16, 2013 #8 wa1 : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1777825,00.asp Is that your laptop? Yes only mine came with the Pentium M 2.0 760 which I've now replaced with the 2.26 780 and 2 ghz memory. Upvote 0 Downvote
wa1 : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1777825,00.asp Is that your laptop? Yes only mine came with the Pentium M 2.0 760 which I've now replaced with the 2.26 780 and 2 ghz memory.
S spacedcadt Honorable Apr 30, 2013 9 0 10,510 May 16, 2013 #9 Andreas414 : spacedcadt : Andreas414 : Unfortunately laptop graphics can't be upgraded. Why not, it's not dedicated on the mobo, it has a mini PCIe slot. This thread suggests mini PCIe slots can't be used for video cards: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/354795-33-does-mini-express-graphics-card-exist Your right, it's not in the PCIe, I was tired and not thinking straight. Even if he did find one that met power constraints, I doubt it't be worth upgrading. The CPU would be a serious bottleneck for most applications. Upvote 0 Downvote
Andreas414 : spacedcadt : Andreas414 : Unfortunately laptop graphics can't be upgraded. Why not, it's not dedicated on the mobo, it has a mini PCIe slot. This thread suggests mini PCIe slots can't be used for video cards: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/354795-33-does-mini-express-graphics-card-exist Your right, it's not in the PCIe, I was tired and not thinking straight. Even if he did find one that met power constraints, I doubt it't be worth upgrading. The CPU would be a serious bottleneck for most applications.