the laptop theory...

mattsprattuk · 12-15-2006, 01:54 PM

is it true that if a laptop shared RAM for the GPU then it means that it cant be upgraded?

Jet · 12-15-2006, 01:57 PM

Upgrading the GPU or the RAM? You can almost always upgrade laptop RAM, but you can hardly ever upgrade a laptop GPU.

mattsprattuk · 12-15-2006, 05:32 PM

yes, but you can sometimes, am i right in thinking if the ram is shared with the graphics then the graphics cant be upgraded?

AdmnPower · 12-15-2006, 09:04 PM

almost 100% of the time you can't upgrade the graphics processor in ya notebook, i've never personally encountered a laptop that has that feature. It would be nice if they did, if your bios allows it you could add more ram to ur system then share more to the video card although i'm not sure how much that would help.

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Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	Upgrading the GPU or the RAM? You can almost always upgrade laptop RAM, but you can hardly ever upgrade a laptop GPU. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

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AdmnPower VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,163	almost 100% of the time you can't upgrade the graphics processor in ya notebook, i've never personally encountered a laptop that has that feature. It would be nice if they did, if your bios allows it you could add more ram to ur system then share more to the video card although i'm not sure how much that would help. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 ghz 4 gig DDR 2 800 Sapphire Radeon 3870 X2 250 gig Seagate Barracuda Windows Vista

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12-15-2006, 05:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
mattsprattuk Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: plymouth, UK Age: 19 Posts: 405	yes, but you can sometimes, am i right in thinking if the ram is shared with the graphics then the graphics cant be upgraded?