my motherboard?

DMGrier

DMGrier

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Hey guys new here, names Devon and at the current moment I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 but I am saving up for a new laptop from cyberpower. But it will be a while and this laptop needs a better graphics card but I don't know what mother board I have so I don't know what I can upgrade to, help. thanks.
 
you can upgrade laptop graphics if it is not soldered, and it is a "gaming" or high performance laptop.

On this case, you CANNOT upgrade it as it is an integrated graphics card. Sorry. Same with my old compaq.
 
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Well I appreciate the info guys but I have a question. Why is the card not able to be taken out? I mean what does the company do to make it were they can not be changed?
 
DMGrier said:
Well I appreciate the info guys but I have a question. Why is the card not able to be taken out? I mean what does the company do to make it were they can not be changed?
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To save space, the graphics are integrated onto the motherboard...there is no separate videocard to replace. Most laptops are like that.
 
Well I new about the integrated graphic cards but I didn't think of that cause on dell.com the computers with integrated graphic cards say they are where mine says ATI some number express. But I appreciate it. Thanks
 
DMGrier said:
Well I new about the integrated graphic cards but I didn't think of that cause on dell.com the computers with integrated graphic cards say they are where mine says ATI some number express. But I appreciate it. Thanks
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ATI Makes the GPU (Graphical Processing Unit). It just means they used a ATI GPU chip, and slapped it on the motherboard.
 
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