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Old 01-28-2008, 06:54 PM
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trying to upgrade video card

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium
System Model: Satellite A135
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL0
Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2080 @ 1.73GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 1014MB RAM
Page File: 753MB used, 1520MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) GMA 950
Display Memory: 224 MB
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

so my friend just gave me his old video card
NVIDIA GeForce 6500 256MB DDR2
so i am happy ... cause this intel is crap ...

well i want to know if i can atleast install it into my laptop .... looking at it, it seems that i can, but i might have to move a couple of things over just alittle bit ....

would it be worth while ???
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:01 AM
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if you can install it go for it. it will be better than the intel. you sure that model is a laptop graphics card, hard to find them on google for laptops. only seen them for desktops.
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