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Offline filip2322

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Can i replace my video card?
« on: February 16, 2011, 10:18:41 pm »
eMachines E727-444G32Mi, Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4400 2.2 GHz, RAM 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM, HDD 320 GB, VGA Intel GMA 4500 series, card reader, web kamera, 0 x FireWire, 0 x HDMI, LAN, WLAN, ekran 15.6", Linux

Thats what i have and my question is if i can replace it with another card like ATI
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Re: Can i replace my video card?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2011, 10:26:33 pm »
You can't necessarily replace it because it is integrated to the motherboard, but you can put in a new one, assuming that the motherboard has at least one free PCI-Express 16x slot.
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Re: Can i replace my video card?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2011, 10:29:29 pm »
Wont the integrated one bother the other one?
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Re: Can i replace my video card?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2011, 10:34:49 pm »
No, it will get disabled by default when you install a new one. If not, there's an option in BIOS to choose the primary display adapter(Onboard/PCI-E).
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Re: Can i replace my video card?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2011, 10:42:44 pm »
No, it will get disabled by default when you install a new one. If not, there's an option in BIOS to choose the primary display adapter(Onboard/PCI-E).
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On most consumer laptops you can't replace the video card, so you just can't.

Only thing you can do is get better drivers if someone made any, although that integrated card can usually play most games on low from what I've seen.

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Re: Can i replace my video card?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2011, 01:10:36 am »
Ah, seems to be, even has the screen size listed. My bad. In that case it's not possible to do anything about it really.
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