Dell insprion graphics? Pci

[stmaki16]

I have my dell insprion 1545 latpop and its not all that bad, the only bad thing is the 64mb intel garphics that sucks! I have a pci express slot and i was wondering if there is a mini graphics card that i could use to boost the grphics performance a little bit. I heard there was a mini ATI card...Will this work? and is this true?

 

[dingo07]

yes and no - there's a new product that's on the verge of being release for purchase that essentially allows you to connect an external video card to any device

but I wouldn't hold my breath for it

I suggest you buy a new laptop with better GPU specs so it doesn't become obsolete in 3 years

I myself have an XPS M1530 that I bought in 2007 and it's still going strong

 

[stmaki16]

Thnx, ill look into that! Mine is from 2009 an is still strong as well but i didnt buy it so thats why it wasnt great for the gaming and stuff. Thanks for responding though!

 

[dingo07]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-graphics-thunderbolt,3263.html

 

[MajinCry]

Wait, a pci-express slot? Do you mean like, an actual PCI-E slot IN your laptop and/or your laptop's dock?

Or do you mean that you have that mini pci-e slot on the side of your laptop?

 

[stmaki16]

Wait, a pci-express slot? Do you mean like, an actual PCI-E slot IN your laptop and/or your laptop's dock?

Or do you mean that you have that mini pci-e slot on the side of your laptop?

I have one on the side of my laptop... i have a dell inspiron 1545 with win 7

 

[stmaki16]

ITS AN EXPRESSCARD 34 SLOT

 

[yialanliu]

I have an external graphics card on my dell from Vidock.
http://www.villagetronic.com/vidock/index.html

I'd recommend it if you really need it although the price/performance is very low, it works great with a laptop.

 

[stmaki16]

I have an external graphics card on my dell from Vidock.
http://www.villagetronic.com/vidock/index.html

I'd recommend it if you really need it although the price/performance is very low, it works great with a laptop.

Thanks, ill look into it! So does the Vidock just kindof an adapter to place the graphics card into or is the vidock the actual graphics card itself?

 

[stmaki16]

http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Radeon-Express-Graphics-900358/dp/B005FG1XV4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349101788&sr=8-2&keywords=vidock would thsi work wit hmy expresscard 34 slot on my 1545 inspiron?

 

[yialanliu]

http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Radeon-Express-Graphics-900358/dp/B005FG1XV4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349101788&sr=8-2&keywords=vidock would thsi work wit hmy expresscard 34 slot on my 1545 inspiron?

That's not a vidock, that's a vision tech regular graphics card.
You'd need to buy it here: http://www.villageinstruments.com/tiki-index.php?page=Store
And then buy an external graphcis card. I bought the 4 and the 5770 back in the day for a total of 450 dollars I think, although it is probably cheaper with the 3 and like a 6670/7750 low profile card.