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Can i upgrade the graphics card on my Dell Latitude D630?
I know there are very few laptops out there with upgradable GPU's, and as a bit of a hardware noob, i was wondering if anyone could tell me if i can upgrade it at all. My specs are decent, and normally, my card would be OK; i just want something with more onboard RAM for gaming purposes.
Specs:
Dell Latitude D630
Windows XP SP3
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.40Ghz
2gb RAM (upgrading to 4gb as soon as my order from Newegg arrives)
Nvidia Quadro 135m 256mb
I want to upgrade mainly for gaming purposes, so if a new card is not a possibility, is it at all possible to have my GPU piggy back some RAM off of my system RAM so it can handle games like Left 4 Dead at a decent Widescreen resolution? I'm getting sick of blasting out zombie brains on 800x700 with almost everything on medium or low settings (MSAA x2, Bilinear, Vertical Sync Disabled, etc...) when i can run other games on the Source engine on at least a 1000+ resolution (Counter Strike Source @ MSAA x4, Trilinear or Antiscopic x2, Textures and Models all on High quality, etc...)
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
u could manually change the amount of memory that is shared.but the card is intergreated.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Ram is easy - one card is under the little screwed on plate on the bottom and the other is under the keyboard (a little more work to get to - take your time - it's still not as hard as you think). Graphics card - you'd have to replace the whole motherboard, as laptops have the graphics card soldered in. NOT easy.