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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetHardwareOther - Hardware · 1 decade ago

My video card can't handle Unreal Tournament 3, should I buy a new card or use an old computer's card?

Below is some information about my computer that I got off of (www. systemrequirementslab .com /referrer /srtest). The site said that my video card can't play the game but my mother's old computer can. Can I take the video card from her old computer and put it into my laptop, which is an HP Pavilion dv6000? Her video card is a 128 MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (RADEON 9800 AGP (0x4E48)) and her old computer is a Dell Dimension 4600.

Current Video Card: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (Build 6000)

CPU: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz

CPU Speed: 1.66 GHz Performance Rated at 3.24 GHz

System RAM: 2.0 GB

In short I want to know if I can take the video card out of my mother's computer and put it into my laptop. Can I do it myself or should I pay someone and how much would that cost? Can I also take out the RAM, CPU, or other componets and put them in my laptop?

Thank you for reading.

Update:

It seems as though I cannot put desktop parts into my laptop, that's too bad. I would really like to play this game so does anyone know of a good, laptop compatable, video card that can play this game well for under or around $100. Thanks in advance and sorry for the trouble.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    you cannot put desktop hardware in a laptop

    Source(s): gh
  • campa
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Unreal Tournament 3 Buy

    Source(s): https://shrinkurl.im/a0eFG
  • mysticman44
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No you cannot, no exceptions at all, it is absolutely not possible. And even if you could, that card may be able to play the game, but it wouldn't play the game well. You really need a new computer to play it, and if you plan to play games, you need to get a desktop, unless you want to pay $2000+ for a gaming laptop.

  • Erika
    5 years ago

    you may desire to get atleast a 256mb video card.. the activity will run wonderful with each thing else which you have however the photos isn't stable with that video card. I run it with a 128 ATI Radeon and runs that activity delicate yet no longer the photos!

  • 2Negative
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    No. Desktop parts are different from laptop parts and will not fit.

  • pumpkinjumper
    1 decade ago

    Is her computer a desktop computer? If so, then you can't use her video card.

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