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Quick Quandry related to a video upgrade

Last post 11-08-2009, 8:14 AM by amabhy. 1 replies.
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  •  11-07-2009, 10:31 PM 582819

    Pizza [pi] Quick Quandry related to a video upgrade

    A friend of mine recently received a Dell Vostro 1520 laptop with the standard Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD (for suck).

    Knowing that the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M is also available for this model, is there some means of upgrading the graphics card to this or another, aftermarket, without breakin the bank or the computer?

    System Specs
    Budget:VGA:Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHDMonitor:
    MB:OS:Win XPBrowser:
    CPU:Sound:CPU Pps:
    Memory:PSU:Brand:
    HD:Cooling:Misc:

  •  11-08-2009, 8:14 AM 582874 in reply to 582819

    Re: Quick Quandry related to a video upgrade

    For laptops, there's usually no way to upgrade the graphics chipset.

    The chips are likely soldered directly to the motherboard. Only high end custom gaming systems have interchangeable graphics chips, and even then, the small market means astronomical prices.



    HP Media Center machine
    MOBO: ASUS OEM board
    CPU: 2.6 GHz Socket AM2 Athlon X2 5000+
    RAM: 2 GB Qimonda PC2-4200 DDR2 RAM
    GFX: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
    HDD: Seagate Barracuda 320 GB SATA 7200 RPM
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