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Acer Aspire 1710 - Graphics card upgrade?

post #1 of 5
7/11/05 at 11:26pm
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When I bought the Aspire 1710 it clearly stated that it's graphics card is upgradeable. How can I do that? I mean I know where the card is, but where can I order a better one? Ideally I would like to replace the existing Nvidia Go 5700 with a Nvidia Go 6800... Power should be sufficent from what I can tell, but I am just unable to find the card anywhere.

Any input would be great.

Thanks,
JST
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post #2 of 5
7/12/05 at 12:51am
The graphics card is removable, but not necessarily upgradeable. Also, there definitely was not promise of any kind of upgrade from Acer. The main roadblock was that this notebook used an AGP video card slot, and the Nvidia GeForce FX Go 5700 was the fastest mobile AGP card ever released from Nvidia. The newer GeForce Go 6x00 series are PCI Express and would not work in the Aspire 1710. The only technical upgrade that could have occured would have been to the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800, but that video card was never used in any machine except the Dell Inspiron XPS.

In summary, the Nvidia GeForce FX Go 5700 is the fastest video card that the Aspire 1710 currently has and will ever have in the future.
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post #3 of 5
7/12/05 at 12:59pm
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Dennis,

Thank you very much for explaining this to me.

However this leaves me with one question. Are there any REALLY upgradeable laptops on the market today? I believe Alienware can be upgraded, but I always feel that their laptops are overpriced. Do you know any other ones?

Thanks,
JST
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post #4 of 5
1/11/06 at 1:58am
You mentioned the ATI 9800 being a possibility. Any limiting factors on why this card wouldn't work in the 1712?
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post #5 of 5
1/17/06 at 3:59pm
I dont know if this might help but here www.cyberpowersystem.com
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