Chipset Help

[mjtthomas]

I am new to this so this is probably an easy question. I have the Intel 945 chipset and, would like to upgrade to a card or a better chipset. I have looked a lot and can not find info. So any help would be great.

 

[jay2tall]

So you are looking at upgrading your video card?.... They are not dependant on your chipset unless you are looking at running 2+ cards in SLI or Crossfire. You will need to know if your board supports AGP or PCI-E for starters.

 

[mjtthomas]

I have an HP dv 6000 laptop. I thank it takes PCI-E. But its hard to find info on what board I have, and it being a laptop I thank it will be harder to find out.

 

[Shadow703793]

Run CPUZ/GPUZ and post screen shots. CPUZ/GPUZ should tell what socket you have.

 

[rolli59]

A laptop does not take a regular GPU. There are very few high end gaming laptops with the possibility to upgrade the GPU. I do believe that HP dv6000 is not one of them.

 

[Gravemind123]

As rolli59 said, HP does not use either AXIOM or MXM from what I've read on their laptops, so you're out of luck on upgrading the graphics.

 

[mjtthomas]

I found the answer on notebookreview.com. If you have an integrated graphics processor it's impossible to upgrade.

 

[piratepast40]

How about an external video card - here's one if they ever find a fast enough interface solution: http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/11883 This started quite a buzz last year but haven't seen anything actually happen.

This expert says that "some guy" has one but then insists on jackin his jaws until everyone falls asleep: I really don't know what he's talking about since I coulnd't watch the whole thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FnHg-k8N3Y (yawwwn)

Here's one that has a GPU: http://www.cinemassivedisplays.com/index.php?a=4

We might see some excitement when PUMA is released later this year but again, waiting for a fast enough interface.