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are laptop video cards upgradeable?
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TheMusicPirate
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O.P. are laptop video cards upgradeable?
i just bought a toshiba satellite laptop. and it came with

ATI Radeon Xpress 200m Series video card. and it is pretty slow for games.
so my question is, can i upgrade my videocard?

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02-12-2007 05:41 PM
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RE: are laptop video cards upgradeable?
No.
You can get a graphic cards for the express slot and the pci equivalent slot (forgot the name :P)

Yes if you are an experienced solderer and know how graphic cards work :P
02-12-2007 06:28 PM
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RE: are laptop video cards upgradeable?
there is only one external gpu (i think) and the last time i checked (2 months ago) it wasnt released yet...

also: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=70455&pid=775873
02-12-2007 08:21 PM
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RE: are laptop video cards upgradeable?
some laptops allow you to remove it and plug another in, the alienware laptops allow you to do this (but thats the only one that ive seen that has that)
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