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Laptops with UPGRADEABLE GRAPHICS?

post #1 of 6
8/4/03 at 3:55am
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Okay, so after seeing the video about the Alienware and how easy it will be to switch out the graphics card int eh future, my question is, what other laptops offer this option (although not as easily done as with the Alienware).

The following are ones I have heard are user upgradeable. Please correct me, back me up, and add new ones to the list.

Alienware Area-51M (yet to be released)
Dell Inspiron 8500
Dell Latitude D800
Dell Precision M60

Are there any others with this option? Also, has anyone actually succesfully upgraded the graphics on a Dell laptop (that we know of)? Thanks again.
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post #2 of 6
8/4/03 at 8:15am
I believe I have asked this exact question already but anyways from what i know the dell m60 can be upgraded and the alienware. I have not heard about the other dell models and from what ive heard dell hasnt had very good tech support so I don't know if it would be wise to buy from them unfortunately.
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post #3 of 6
8/4/03 at 12:51pm
I used to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 8100 from GeForce2 32MB to Geforce4 440 64MB. It's very easy to do so.

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post #4 of 6
8/4/03 at 2:30pm
With regards to the dell line this is not supported and so do it at your own risk. For the most part it'll work fine but don't expect every upcoming video card to work or even be available.
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post #5 of 6
8/4/03 at 10:09pm
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Lets just say this is possible to do (which it seems to be in some laptops).

Where would one purchase the cards? Thanks.
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post #6 of 6
8/5/03 at 11:18am
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Originally posted by bigshloss
Lets just say this is possible to do (which it seems to be in some laptops).

Where would one purchase the cards? Thanks.
Well if you were to get a dell machine you would have to get the part from dell. If you buy the alienware machine you would need to go to alienware. There is no standard. Of course you could always shop on ebay for people selling used/new cards.
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