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cha_roman   12-11-2008 at 01:51:51 PM

I have a Gigabyte W566N with Core 2 Duo T7250 Processor and NB8P GPU (GeForce 8400GS 256MB). How can I upgrade my Graphics? I heard about MXM technology that able to upgrade easily the Graphic Accelerator... but I don't know if my laptop have MXM port, and which other option do I have except for external solutions?

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   12-11-2008 at 07:24:54 PM
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You don't really have options. I doubt Gigabyte uses MXM - they aren't on mxm-upgrade. 98% chance you're stuck with the 8400.

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cheaptofix   12-15-2008 at 02:59:07 PM
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no you cant upgrade laptop graphics.

in the early years of 2003 some dell and acer laptops came out with a detachable graphic card they wanted to make those upgradable but the costs and the hassle was not worth it so they shut it down. so now all motherboards for laptops come with built in graphic cards.

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   12-15-2008 at 05:35:44 PM
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cheaptofix wrote :

no you cant upgrade laptop graphics.

in the early years of 2003 some dell and acer laptops came out with a detachable graphic card they wanted to make those upgradable but the costs and the hassle was not worth it so they shut it down. so now all motherboards for laptops come with built in graphic cards.




Not entirely true. There still are companies that use the MXM slots. Clevo/ Sager being one of them. My laptop's graphics can be upgraded and it's only a year old. My brother's 2-3 year old Dell can be as well. There is also a new Arima laptop that can be upgraded.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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cha_roman   12-15-2008 at 10:37:32 PM
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Does someone know specifications of GIGABYTE W566N motherboard..?

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