laptop video card

morris14cc · 03-20-2008, 09:44 PM

Can anyone help me with changing a laptop video card?
i am trying to change a DEDICATED ATI Radeon HD card in my laptop to a better card (possibly NVIDIA) i know the card can be changed, but i don't know how
Also, where can i get laptop cards? and can i change an ATI Radeon 2600 to a NVIDIA model or only ATI?

Will i be able to play CRYSIS?
1.66ghz core 2 duo
3gb RAM (exp. to 4gb)
512MB dedicated ATI

and how much better would a dedicated 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS card work with CRYSIS?
Thanks

g25racer · 03-20-2008, 09:59 PM

What kind of laptop? Most laptops cards cannot be changed but some dell's and custom laptops can.

brian · 03-20-2008, 10:00 PM

um as far as my laptop memory goes, i am kinda sure that you cant swap laptops video card. for the most part they are part of the motherboard

morris14cc · 03-21-2008, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g25racer

What kind of laptop? Most laptops cards cannot be changed but some dell's and custom laptops can.

its an ASUS and dedicated so it is not soldered to the motherboard and can be removed

morris14cc · 03-21-2008, 04:09 AM

http://www.ehow.com/how_2032502_video-card-laptop.html

morris14cc · 03-21-2008, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morris14cc

and how much better would a dedicated 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS card work with CRYSIS?

over the ATI Radeon 2600?
probaly up the processor too

morris14cc · 03-24-2008, 09:31 PM

help

elitehacker · 03-25-2008, 01:27 AM

9500M will not be able to run Crysis very well, its a midrange mainstream card. You shouldn't play games on a laptop period. Laptops are not designed to be lean mean gaming machines.

If you really want to know, I think the X2600 might do the trick at medium settings, I have a friend who has a X1750 on his laptop and I have played Crysis on it, its a far cry from my 512MB 8800GTS desktop one, but its playable. You are not going to experience the breathtaking graphics or effects, so it just takes abit out of the game if you play it with the wrong hardware, I think to play Crysis the way its meant to be played, you would need a desktop system, or you have a bottomless pit of funds, then you can probably run it on a laptop.

morris14cc · 03-25-2008, 01:35 AM

does the ATI Radeon HD 2600 have GDDR3 memory?
does the NVIDIA 9500M GS have GDDR3 memory?
and which would game better?

elitehacker · 03-25-2008, 02:17 AM

Its not a question of which will game better, its a matter of which games worse then the other one, because both those cards are not gaming cards, they are not designed for gaming. Those cards there will not do justice for Crysis.

03-20-2008, 09:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
morris14cc Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CT Age: 16 Posts: 146	laptop video card Can anyone help me with changing a laptop video card? i am trying to change a DEDICATED ATI Radeon HD card in my laptop to a better card (possibly NVIDIA) i know the card can be changed, but i don't know how Also, where can i get laptop cards? and can i change an ATI Radeon 2600 to a NVIDIA model or only ATI? Will i be able to play CRYSIS? 1.66ghz core 2 duo 3gb RAM (exp. to 4gb) 512MB dedicated ATI and how much better would a dedicated 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS card work with CRYSIS? Thanks

03-20-2008, 09:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
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elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,413	9500M will not be able to run Crysis very well, its a midrange mainstream card. You shouldn't play games on a laptop period. Laptops are not designed to be lean mean gaming machines. If you really want to know, I think the X2600 might do the trick at medium settings, I have a friend who has a X1750 on his laptop and I have played Crysis on it, its a far cry from my 512MB 8800GTS desktop one, but its playable. You are not going to experience the breathtaking graphics or effects, so it just takes abit out of the game if you play it with the wrong hardware, I think to play Crysis the way its meant to be played, you would need a desktop system, or you have a bottomless pit of funds, then you can probably run it on a laptop.

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morris14cc Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CT Age: 16 Posts: 146	does the ATI Radeon HD 2600 have GDDR3 memory? does the NVIDIA 9500M GS have GDDR3 memory? and which would game better?

03-25-2008, 02:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,413	Its not a question of which will game better, its a matter of which games worse then the other one, because both those cards are not gaming cards, they are not designed for gaming. Those cards there will not do justice for Crysis.