Laptop video card upgrade help.

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Golden5

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6. June 2008 @ 18:45

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I just got the game Age of Conan for the PC a couple of weeks ago and my video card does not cut it. Here are my specs:

Operating System: Windows Vista? Home Premium
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8600M GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_01F11028&REV_A1
Display Memory: 1008 MB
Dedicated Memory: 241 MB
Shared Memory: 767 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.5669 (English)
DDI Version: 10
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/4/2007 22:24:00, 4943872 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4747-11CF-BD65-FA2101C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0407
SubSys ID: 0x01F11028
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1

Now, I would like to upgrade the video card to at least an 8800 GT of 512 megabytes. I know that upgrading a video card on a laptop is very hard especially on this one (Dell Inspiron 1520.) Is there any possible way to upgrade this system?

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cee43ja1

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6. June 2008 @ 20:44

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no. 8800M cards are only available on the high end laptops (XPS, alienware, etc.)

only thing to do is get a high end laptop, designed for gaming. adding more ram may help things out. you might be able to upgrade to 4gigs, but check if you can.

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ps2: v7 scph-39001 - independence exploit - hdloader 0.8c - maxtor 300gb hdd
(+[__]%) psp slim ta-085v1: 6.60 PRO B10
wii (powered by bootmii/priiloader): 4.1u - d2x v10beta53-alt (base 56) - configurable usb loader v70r51/devolution r188 - wd scorpio black 7200rpm 320gig w/ ams venus ds2 enclosure

got a whole lot more to list . . .

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