So I was just sitting here, cleaning out the notebook... When all of a sudden, I noticed the mini-PCI port. My laptop has a piece of crap for a video card (onboard 855gm chipset, ugh) which pretty much even struggles with Day of Defeat and Enemy Territory, which is sad for 2.2ghz.
So, I was wondering, are there any mini-PCI video cards? It seems all they make are mini-PCI wifi/modem cards, with one exception:
MSI ATI Rage XL 8MB Mini-PCI Video Card MS-9513
That was the only mini-PCI video card I could find. But with a Rage XL chipset and 8mb of memory, it's not exactly going to be the card of my dreams.
What about PCI-to-Mini-PCI converters? Do they exist? If so, what do you think about using one to convert a fairly recent PCI card to mini-PCI? (Of course, it'd probably have to sit outside of the laptop, but I'm willing to build some sort of housing for it - hurrah for the first external video card).
So, I was wondering, are there any mini-PCI video cards? It seems all they make are mini-PCI wifi/modem cards, with one exception:
MSI ATI Rage XL 8MB Mini-PCI Video Card MS-9513
That was the only mini-PCI video card I could find. But with a Rage XL chipset and 8mb of memory, it's not exactly going to be the card of my dreams.
What about PCI-to-Mini-PCI converters? Do they exist? If so, what do you think about using one to convert a fairly recent PCI card to mini-PCI? (Of course, it'd probably have to sit outside of the laptop, but I'm willing to build some sort of housing for it - hurrah for the first external video card).