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laptop video card - Posted: 02-03-2009
can you replace a video card in a laptop?
i heard you cannot if it didnt have a previous video card in it before
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almost never.
the problem is that the vid card is usually soldered onto the motherboard
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In some instances yes. Such as a dell that came with a geforce 7800go you could upgrade with a 7900.
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but if there has not been one in it... you are not going to be able to change it?
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If your laptop came with an inbuilt intel style then no you would not be able to change it.
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Even if i was to replace it. you cannot replace it by a regular video card like the one you would use in a regular computer right?
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Wait wait...so I would have to replace the laptop? Spit *stares* why haven't you invented something yet that makes this easier?!?! *taps a foot*
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Yeah i been looking around and i figured you couldn't do so. so yeah i think i am getting a desktop... i wanted a laptop for portability but it seems so hard to manage for the upgrades i will probably want to do to it later.
Well thank you for the help i know what i want know
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