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Getting mobile graphics cards.

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Sharkie13

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I'm looking for a 15" laptop in the general $1000-$1200 price range, and I was looking at barebones notebooks. Problem with this is I would need to purchase the graphics card and I have yet to find anywhere that I can purchase such a thing. So am I missing something or are these actually impossible to find?

(Specifically I'm looking for something along the lines of a 9600M GT)
 
Hey Shark,

$1 to $1.2K is not really bare bones....laptops in that price range in many cases will have a discrete graphics chip, as opposed to onboard/IGP graphics.

These all have the 96ooM GT, and are in your price range:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...7919%2CN82E16834147923

In general, I think it is a good idea to buy a laptop with the hardware you want factory installed--you can upgrade *some* laptop graphics cards, etc, but not all.

HTH

NXIL
 
Yeah I thought so too buy i really can't seem to find exactly what i want in a laptop, so building most of it yourself would get that done.

Also by that price range i meant the whole laptop, parts and all.

For example, none of those 15 inch laptops you posted above have 1680x1050 resolution which I need because i also do a lot of work in programs that require a large amount of screen area, but I need a 15 inch because i also take it to school everyday. things like that.
 
Hi,

all of these are 1680 by 1050:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...0464%2CN82E16834152090

I know some listed are out of your price range; included for comparison.

All have 15" screen, or thereabouts.

Thinking outside box: you need a portable computer, but you need a big screen to program on. Recommend: get a smaller, cheaper, portable PC, and an LCD you can plug in when you are programming.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824009145

$150 smackers....then, you would have laptop's screen (for IM, etc, important multitasking) and a bigger screen to work on.

For programming, you could also get full size keyboard to plug in, etc.

HTH

NXIL
 
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