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New Graphics Card

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  • 11-10-2008 5:26pm
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    eoin2nc
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭


    Hi, Im thinking of installing a a graphics card into my Dell Latitude D630. What would be a good mid-price range card?

    Thanks


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    Ubaroo
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    what kind of price are you looking at?


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    eoin2nc
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭eoin2nc


    around E100......


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    TerrorFirmer
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    That's a laptop.....unless it uses the same modular system as some of the other Dell laptops that take the 8400/8600 which I doubt it does, you can't upgrade the video card. That laptop does come with an option for a Quadro 135 (practically an 8400GS; with the price of an 8800GTX), but one of those cards would set you back hundreds for very basic performance, so that's hardly an option. Even if you could, you'd be looking at opening up your laptop completely, parts are not exactly as easily inter-changeable as they are in desktops.


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    eoin2nc
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭eoin2nc


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    That's a laptop.....unless it uses the same modular system as some of the other Dell laptops that take the 8400/8600 which I doubt it does, you can't upgrade the video card. That laptop does come with an option for a Quadro 135 (practically an 8400GS; with the price of an 8800GTX), but one of those cards would set you back hundreds for very basic performance, so that's hardly an option. Even if you could, you'd be looking at opening up your laptop completely, parts are not exactly as easily inter-changeable as they are in desktops.

    I had a suspicion that could be the case....... ah well


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