Yeah I've got an integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 128mb card in my laptop, but I want to upgrade. Can I just throw in another one? I'm assuming this is a question I have to answer for myself by opening it up, but I'm just wondering if maybe theres no way to put another video card in it so that I might not have to void the warranty.
In order to not void the warranty you'll most likely have to have the new card installed by an authoriz... If you don't mind, what are you doing that an 1/8th of a gig of vid. ram isn't keeping up with? Could you shut down some other stuff running in the background? How are you planning to keep it cool, frozen blocks of aluminum. I can just hear your friends coming over. "Hey, Dude what ya doing? Oh everything and some other stuff too".
I play games and shit on it and 128 isn't cutting it, because I can only play bf1942 but I want to get into bf2... I don't want to get a pc though.
The sad fact is, there is no such thing as a decent gaming laptop unless you've got alot of money to throw into it. The video processing alone on a large video card will run your batteries down pretty quick. Keep this in mind. Going to be a few years yet. x
Integrated cards cannot be removed. If the video card sits on a PCI, AGP, or PCI-E slot, then you can remove it. Some motherboards have integrated graphics but still have a PCI, AGP, or PCI-E slot on them, allowing upgrades of the vcard. A really good mobo (motherboard) will NOT have integrated graphics because integrated limits initial ability to install a quality card. If your laptop has integrated vcard, you probably cannot upgrade it. If your like me and you want nice graphics then get a desktop with a PCI-E X16 slot on it.
would an integrated laptop mobo have those spare slots in it, I doubt it. But only one way to find out, check out the schematic of your mobo.
I have some PCI-m ports on it, ill have to open it up and actually check but I'm at school right now.
i dont think you can install new graphic card in a laptop , but i'll check it out. anyhow if you looking into decent gaming you probably need a desktop pc and not a laptop. laptop case is too slim to cool down the components that produce lot of heat like decent graphic card.
