Want to buy a new video card for laptop....ideas?

Emucase01 · July 18th, 2005

Hey everybody, well im sittin around tinkerin with a couple game configurations, just random games when i thought it would be nice to buy a new card for my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. Now right now im ruffin it with an ATI Rage P/M AGP2x with 8mb ram........not a whole lot as u can see. Now the problem i see is findin an affordable video card, not too expensive. If u ask i will give u my system configurations...

Cheers,
Dan Russo

**General Plot** · July 18th, 2005

I had a GeForce2Go in my old Inspiron 8000, I'm not sure, but this may work in yours as well. I got the card (32 MB video) on ebay still sealed for around $40.

**n_w95482** · July 19th, 2005

I've only heard of a few newer laptops having replaceable video cards so you're probably stuck with what you have.

XxCrashxX · July 19th, 2005

yeah I would bet money that its on board

Emucase01 · July 19th, 2005

well jeez that dont do me no good, so i may be better off just buyin a new desktop or buildin one eh. I have a GeForce FX 5700 Ultra kickin around, my older bro gave it to me so i could always build me a new computer.

**General Plot** · July 19th, 2005

My Inspiron 8000 had a replaceable video card, not onboard video. I had a choice of either an ATI Mobility Rage M4 or the GeForce2Go. I originally had it shipped with the ATI card and exchanged it for the GeForce one at a later time.

Emucase01 · July 19th, 2005

well i took a look at the inner workins and it looked like i could easiliy take out my card and replace it..in anycase, my laptop is pretty much just used for music and music production, and the processer in it is pretty outdated if u ask me (PIII 784MHz), so im not doin much intense gaming on it anyways, i use my N64 emulator on it at tiems though, but i figured if i get a card with atleast twice the ram i might get better quality on it. In anycase thanks for the help.

July 18th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
Emucase01 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lisbon, MAINE Posts: 76	Want to buy a new video card for laptop....ideas? Hey everybody, well im sittin around tinkerin with a couple game configurations, just random games when i thought it would be nice to buy a new card for my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. Now right now im ruffin it with an ATI Rage P/M AGP2x with 8mb ram........not a whole lot as u can see. Now the problem i see is findin an affordable video card, not too expensive. If u ask i will give u my system configurations... Cheers, Dan Russo

July 18th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
General Plot Britchie Crazy Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 4,800	I had a GeForce2Go in my old Inspiron 8000, I'm not sure, but this may work in yours as well. I got the card (32 MB video) on ebay still sealed for around $40. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 \| 2 GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM \| GeForce 7900 GTX 2.5 TB Hard Drive Space \| Windows XP Pro SP2 Check out my site: http://generalplot.atspace.com Official betatester of PCSX2 and Co-owner of General Emulation

July 19th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	I've only heard of a few newer laptops having replaceable video cards so you're probably stuck with what you have. __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

July 19th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
XxCrashxX Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 398	yeah I would bet money that its on board __________________

July 19th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
General Plot Britchie Crazy Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 4,800	My Inspiron 8000 had a replaceable video card, not onboard video. I had a choice of either an ATI Mobility Rage M4 or the GeForce2Go. I originally had it shipped with the ATI card and exchanged it for the GeForce one at a later time. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 \| 2 GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM \| GeForce 7900 GTX 2.5 TB Hard Drive Space \| Windows XP Pro SP2 Check out my site: http://generalplot.atspace.com Official betatester of PCSX2 and Co-owner of General Emulation

July 19th, 2005	#5 (permalink)
Emucase01 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lisbon, MAINE Posts: 76	well jeez that dont do me no good, so i may be better off just buyin a new desktop or buildin one eh. I have a GeForce FX 5700 Ultra kickin around, my older bro gave it to me so i could always build me a new computer.

July 19th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
Emucase01 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lisbon, MAINE Posts: 76	well i took a look at the inner workins and it looked like i could easiliy take out my card and replace it..in anycase, my laptop is pretty much just used for music and music production, and the processer in it is pretty outdated if u ask me (PIII 784MHz), so im not doin much intense gaming on it anyways, i use my N64 emulator on it at tiems though, but i figured if i get a card with atleast twice the ram i might get better quality on it. In anycase thanks for the help.

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