Are laptops upgradable in the videocard area?

[MangoTBG]

I'm just curious if I could, let's say, buy a Radeon 9600 mobile card and install it like a standard desktop PC?

I would ask in the Laptop forum but it's just way too slow responding in there.
Thanks!

 

[Corporate Thug]

i'm pretty sure the video is integrated to the mbo so NO

 

[MangoTBG]

Thanks.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: shady06
i'm pretty sure the video is integrated to the mbo so NO

depends on the laptop. some have seperate vga cards, and can be accessed seperately from the mainboard.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: shady06
i'm pretty sure the video is integrated to the mbo so NO

depends on the laptop. some have seperate vga cards, and can be accessed seperately from the mainboard.

Yeah but the majority is no though .

But even then getting a hold of a laptop graphics card is not easy......

Koing

 

[BeauJangles]

The new Alienware's are going to be GPU-upgradable.

 

[Kaervak]

My Inspiron 8200 is. Most of the 8000 series of Dell's Inspirons are VGA upgradeable. It was a bitch getting the mobility 9000 from Dell though.

 

[Mill]

Anyone know if the Inspiron 1100 is?

 

[AbsoluteParadigm]

Or the Toshiba Satellite?

 

[imported_Mike]

the new alienware laptops boast they are ez to upgrade the video anytime in the future....they're the only ones ive seen that advertise it.

 

[kayatai]

Originally posted by: Millennium
Anyone know if the Inspiron 1100 is?

it is not

 

[jswjimmy]

dell sux get a alienware

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: jswjimmy
dell sux get a alienware

Your grammar sucks and Alienware is really overpriced.


My advice is NOT get a lappy that's upgradable. Think about it. You will probably drop $3000 on the Alienware. In three years you will need to upgrade the GPU (probably). At that point, you are also going to need more RAM and maybe a new processor. IMO it's probably cheaper and easier to buy a good lappy now, sell it later and purchase a new one once the GPU gets slow.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: kayatai

Originally posted by: Millennium
Anyone know if the Inspiron 1100 is?

it is not

Thanks.

 

[Vcize]

The compaq x1000 is fairly simple to upgrade.

x1000 forums has a pretty good tutorial on how to do it in the upgrades section.

 

[jimmyl930]

Aren't they coming out with a universal laptop AGP slot or something like that?