Laptop Graphics

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Subject Author Date Laptop Graphics Groblok 04-20-2009  Re: Laptop Graphics Sjouke Burry 04-20-2009  Re: Laptop Graphics Barry Watzman 04-21-2009

Posted by Groblok on April 20, 2009, 3:21 pm Please log in for more thread options Is it possible to upgrade the graphics on a laptop? I have a HI-grade VA250D/P which is currently fitted with a 'VIA Chrome9 HC IGP Family WDDM' video controller. Any advice appreciated Groblok Posted by Sjouke Burry on April 20, 2009, 8:08 pm Please log in for more thread options Groblok wrote: show/hide quoted text > Is it possible to upgrade the graphics on a laptop? > > I have a HI-grade VA250D/P which is currently fitted with a > 'VIA Chrome9 HC IGP Family WDDM' video controller. > > Any advice appreciated > > Groblok > > Some. I bought one ~8 years ago, where I needed a particular chip set(et 6000), quite expensive. Posted by Barry Watzman on April 21, 2009, 1:19 am Please log in for more thread options RE: "Is it possible to upgrade the graphics on a laptop?" Generally, no. There are a few exceptions (VERY few, I'd guess less than 5% of laptops), and even for the exceptions, you are limited to usually only two choices (the "upgradable" video cards in the exceptions are model-specific proprietary cards made by the laptop mfgr). There are also a very few "add on" video cards (USB or PC Card or ExpressCard). Performance of these tends to be poor. Sjouke Burry wrote: show/hide quoted text > Groblok wrote: >> Is it possible to upgrade the graphics on a laptop? >> I have a HI-grade VA250D/P which is currently fitted with a 'VIA >> Chrome9 HC IGP Family WDDM' video controller. >> Any advice appreciated >> Groblok > Some. > I bought one ~8 years ago, where I needed a particular > chip set(et 6000), quite expensive. Similar Threads Posted Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 Graphics October 6, 2005, 4:01 pm Top 5 Graphics Processors for a laptop April 28, 2005, 4:31 pm 14 in laptop w/ ati or nvidia graphics January 22, 2006, 5:45 pm A new Graphics Card for Laptop October 13, 2006, 8:45 am Comparing laptop CPU and graphics to desktop September 4, 2007, 10:22 am Fastest laptop available - for Office Applications and Graphics October 6, 2006, 3:57 am laptop as desktop replacement - and temperature of graphics cards February 20, 2009, 5:15 pm Installing a new graphics card onto a Compaq Presario 3000 laptop November 20, 2005, 12:27 pm Recommendation for powerful mobile laptop with dedicated graphics card? December 4, 2006, 4:24 am Will any of these laptop graphics circuits output 1680 x 1050 to an external monitor? February 14, 2009, 3:02 pm