Need a lil help

[Kiyiya]

I want to upgrade my graphics card and I know like NOTHING bout my laptop other then it's pretty =)

So currently I have a:

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

And the specs are (Snagging it off their website ^.^ )

GPU Engine Specs:
CUDA Cores 112
Graphics Clock (MHz) 600 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) 1500 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 33.6
Memory Specs:
Memory Clock (MHz) 900
Standard Memory Config 512 MB
Memory Interface Width 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 57.6

Feature Support:
NVIDIA SLI®-ready* 2-Way
NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready yes
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology** HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready yes
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology yes
Microsoft DirectX 10
OpenGL 2.1
Bus Support PCI-E 2.0
Certified for Windows 7 yes

Display Support:
Maximum Digital Resolution 2560x1600
Maximum VGA Resolution 2048x1536
Standard Display Connectors Dual Link DVI
HDTV
Multi Monitor yes
HDCP yes
HDMI Via adapter

Audio Input for HDMI SPDIF
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
Height Single Slot
Length 9 inches
Width Single-slot

Thermal and Power Specs:
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 105 C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 105 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W) 400 W
Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
High Dynamic-Range Lighting 128bit
Unified Architecture yes


Yeah.. that confuses me, but that's what I have. I know that I should get one that is 1G rather then 512mb right? x-x Any suggestions? A PM or reply would be awesome! <3 <3 <3

[Deleted]

You cannot upgrade laptop graphics processors.
One reason being that they dont have "Graphics cards"

[Kiyiya]

You cannot upgrade laptop graphics processors.
One reason being that they dont have "Graphics cards"

Bleh, I dunno the terminology for it. I explained I didn't know much. =( So I'm just stuck with the one that it came with and have no other option?

Which is fine I suppose but still frustrating lol.

[Deleted]

You cannot upgrade laptop graphics processors.
One reason being that they dont have "Graphics cards"

Uh... What? Then what shows the display?

He's right on one thing though, you can't upgrade the graphics card of a notebook. There are very specific cases where it is possible, but you'll need a very specific GPU that fits your model, parts aren't interchangeable on a notebook. Sorry

[Specops]

Uh... What? Then what shows the display?

There's a difference between a video (graphics) card and a GPU.

GPU

Video card

[Deleted]

There's a difference between a video (graphics) card and a GPU.

Laptops still have their own specific cards however. MOST of the time though, they use propitiatory slots.

Some laptops do feature a MXM or AXIOM slot, in which case there is limited ability to exchange it.

[Kiyiya]

I love all you who answered and tried to be nice. It turns out that I had a program EATING my CPU >< I deleted the thing, grr it was that stupid dell data safe blah blah that came with it and I didn't really notice til I tried to play Rift >_>


<3 <3 <3