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ptto911   08-24-2009 at 11:35:04 PM

I have a Toshiba Satellite L355-SV915 and it says it has an expresscard slot.
What type of graphics card would be compatible with it?


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Wolfshadw   08-24-2009 at 11:53:36 PM
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The simple answer is none.

There are (rumors of) some external boxes (like the ASUS XG station) that will house any single card width PCI-E graphics card, but I've never seen the XG Station actually hit the market. I have seen some competitor's solutions, but at a cost where it would be more reasonable to get a new system.

The main problem is the bandwidth of the expresscard slot. You're limited to PCI-Ex1 and all mid-range to high-end cards are going to be severely capped by that limitation; to the point of it being a waste of money.

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obsidian86   08-24-2009 at 11:56:16 PM
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thats they simple answer but if you want a bit more out of it max the ram

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ptto911   08-25-2009 at 01:07:16 AM
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Wolfshadw wrote :

The simple answer is none.

There are (rumors of) some external boxes (like the ASUS XG station) that will house any single card width PCI-E graphics card, but I've never seen the XG Station actually hit the market. I have seen some competitor's solutions, but at a cost where it would be more reasonable to get a new system.

The main problem is the bandwidth of the expresscard slot. You're limited to PCI-Ex1 and all mid-range to high-end cards are going to be severely capped by that limitation; to the point of it being a waste of money.

-Wolf sends


So if I bought something from here:
[url=http://www.magma.com/products/pciexpress/index.html][/url]
it would work?

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Kari   08-25-2009 at 01:38:13 AM
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ptto911 wrote :

So if I bought something from here:
[url=http://www.magma.com/products/pciexpress/index.html][/url]
it would work?


those look like server stuff, VERY expensive and utterly useless in your situation...

edit: oops correction, the first ones look like they could work just fine... might still cost a quite a lot thou...

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ptto911   08-25-2009 at 04:44:33 AM
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Kari wrote :

those look like server stuff, VERY expensive and utterly useless in your situation...

edit: oops correction, the first ones look like they could work just fine... might still cost a quite a lot thou...


Yeah, I would get that, except that it's 2x the price of my laptop.
I should get a new laptop with a better graphics card built in I guess...

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masterjaw   08-25-2009 at 05:05:05 AM
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If gaming is the reason for the need to upgrade, I suggest you should rather build a desktop PC rather than gaming laptop equipped with mediocre gpu that would last for some time.

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