laptop video card

depends on what you have for a laptop.. the older p3 dells(and im sure the newer ones as well) you can swap video cards between model's but sometimes it intails changing the bios which if not done right can have bad outcome... google or try ebay for your specific model... and if it has built in video i think you may be SOL...g/l though!
 
There's pretty much nothing faster than that out right now... There's really no need to change it out unless you feel as though your battery length is being hurt by it too much.

Meh..
 
You need to open the laptop. Just look for the PCI-e and take it out, put new one in. Newegg has some laptop cards I think.

I will take that 7900gtx 512mb off your hands if you wish.
 
Nice topic...I'm actually wondering if I could do the same thing...

I have an Acer Aspire 5002, which would be able to game quite comfortably, but it's got an integrated SiS M70GX nonsense :( :mad:

I have no clue if there's a PCI-E slot in it, but I can always check. Newegg has mobile GPUs eh? Do they ship to Canada?
 
cyks said:
You need to open the laptop. Just look for the PCI-e and take it out, put new one in. Newegg has some laptop cards I think.

I will take that 7900gtx 512mb off your hands if you wish.
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um, NO!

Almost all laptops that HAVE socketed video cards are proprietary to that machine, and the ones that have a universal solution (ie, MXM) need to have a cooling solution beefy enough to be able to handle any higher-end graphics solution.

in the case of the XPS, it is proprietary. It will take other cards designed to go in that system, but nothing from newegg will go in it.

any laptop that has integrated graphics or the graphics chip soldiered to the mainboard is absolutly non-upgradeable.
 
The only way you can change the GPU in the laptop is if it uses a non proprietary interface. Many newer gaming laptops use the MXM slot and you can change the GPU in those. The new Dell XPS laptops use the MXM slot.
 
i would LOVE to be able to upgrade the GPU in my ABS Mayhem G3, not sure if its possible. A 9700 mobile can only do so much :eek:
 
Ice-Tea said:
It does? Can you proove that?
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The 6800Go, 7800GTXgo, and 7900GTXgo all use the MXM slot in most applications.

Plus, I've read quite a few threads about people upgrading the XPS laptops.


To the other guy: the 9xxx series from ATI doesn't use the MXM slot because it didn't exist when that gpu came out.
 
the XPS gen2's have the PSU's that can handle the 7800's and 7900's

sent my laptop in to get it upgraded to a 7800GTX go, they changed nothing other then the card, and also sent the 6800ultra back to me, thinking of what i can do with it ..., so etchy since the laptop costs 3k and this was the heart of it for so long.
 
Trimlock said:
the XPS gen2's have the PSU's that can handle the 7800's and 7900's

sent my laptop in to get it upgraded to a 7800GTX go, they changed nothing other then the card, and also sent the 6800ultra back to me, thinking of what i can do with it ..., so etchy since the laptop costs 3k and this was the heart of it for so long.
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I think I've seen adapters somewhere that let you use those in a PCI Express slot.

May have been something else entirely...
 
nobi125 said:
I think I've seen adapters somewhere that let you use those in a PCI Express slot.

May have been something else entirely...
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Dell's MXM implementation is a little different than standard from what I recall... I doubt an adapter (if it even existed) would work on those cards...
 
RadCliffeX said:
i would LOVE to be able to upgrade the GPU in my ABS Mayhem G3, not sure if its possible. A 9700 mobile can only do so much :eek:
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the 9700 had the 64mb and then the 128mb and then the last, and fastest AGP card for laptops was the 9800 256mb version.

check your laptop makers site for an upgrade.
 
IIRC, the 9800m found its way into VERY few laptops, the most notable being the original XPS... which was a bohemith.
 
That it was

I think I've seen adapters somewhere that let you use those in a PCI Express slot.

May have been something else entirely...
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i think asus had a presentation on one, and i doubt it ever amounted to anything other then a cheap gimick, besides i have a 7800GS BLISS+, X1800XL, and a X1900XT not like i really need to place it as a GPU, think i'll look for a mom and pop computer repair/build store that works on laptops and see if they are interested at all.
 
lithium726 said:
IIRC, the 9800m found its way into VERY few laptops, the most notable being the original XPS... which was a bohemith.
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That is true, but also the 9100's - i have a 9100 and this thing weigh's just over 10lbs alone, it is a beast!! but considering last i checked dell still wanted $300 US for a 9800 256mb mobile, i think i will pass.
 
well the 9100 was just an XPS without the video card or XPS name... of course its big.
 
Smaller PSU and slightly smaller frame too, essentially the same thing as an XPS but missing certain features as well
 
captain_MaTt said:
it's a new dell xps with a 512mb video card(7900gtx go) on a pci-e x16 slot.
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dell will prob release 1 video card upgrade on the xps 1710 chassis( maybe more if they
dont change the layout of the motherboard) with any luck you may get a dx10/hdcp card to
upgrade to(as long as the mobo does'nt change to much for core 2)
 
^^ dell would proably skip on that option to simply make more money on selling you a new laptop in a years time :(

it would be nice if they did, but i am sure it would have a hefty price tag.
 
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