ATI Radeon Video Card in HP Notebook

Hey all, I am thinking of purchasing a dv8000t series notebook PC from
HP. My problem is that I would like a more advanced graphics card than
the one which comes with the PC. My "vital" specifications are as
follows:

Processor.....Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2600 (2.16 GHz)

Display.....17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)

Graphics Card.....256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600

Memory.....2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)

I am wondering what type of interface this computer would have? If I
pick an ATI Radeon graphics card with the correct interface, would I be
able to place it in the notebook instead of the nVidia GeForce Go 7600?

Thanks in advance!



PS
The card I am thinking of purchasing is the X1800XT.... Is this a
"mobility" card?

* Romanian:

> Hey all, I am thinking of purchasing a dv8000t series notebook PC
> from HP. My problem is that I would like a more advanced graphics
> card than the one which comes with the PC. My "vital" specifications
> are as follows:
>
> Processor.....Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2600 (2.16 GHz)
>
> Display.....17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
>
> Graphics Card.....256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600

Schould be fast enough...

> Memory.....2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
>
> I am wondering what type of interface this computer would have?

Electrical? PCIe. Mechanical? None (GPU is soldered onto the system
board)...

> If I pick an ATI Radeon graphics card with the correct interface,
> would I be able to place it in the notebook instead of the nVidia
> GeForce Go 7600?

No.

Benjamin

Romanian wrote:
> Hey all, I am thinking of purchasing a dv8000t series notebook PC from
> HP. My problem is that I would like a more advanced graphics card than
> the one which comes with the PC. My "vital" specifications are as
> follows:
>
> Processor.....Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2600 (2.16 GHz)
>
> Display.....17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
>
> Graphics Card.....256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600
>
> Memory.....2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
>
> I am wondering what type of interface this computer would have? If I
> pick an ATI Radeon graphics card with the correct interface, would I be
> able to place it in the notebook instead of the nVidia GeForce Go 7600?
>
> Thanks in advance!

Lets try this one last time. With very few exceptions, laptops have a
motherboard with graphics processors embedded on them. You get what you
get you can't change it, The graphics chip is soldered onto the
motherboard.

If you want to be able to swap out graphics cards, dont buy a laptop,
buy a desktop. You can find smaller ones that are somewhat portable.

James

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>
> Romanian wrote:
>> Hey all, I am thinking of purchasing a dv8000t series notebook PC from
>> HP. My problem is that I would like a more advanced graphics card than
>> the one which comes with the PC. My "vital" specifications are as
>> follows:
>>
>> Processor.....Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2600 (2.16 GHz)
>>
>> Display.....17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
>>
>> Graphics Card.....256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600
>>
>> Memory.....2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
>>
>> I am wondering what type of interface this computer would have? If I
>> pick an ATI Radeon graphics card with the correct interface, would I be
>> able to place it in the notebook instead of the nVidia GeForce Go 7600?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>
> Lets try this one last time. With very few exceptions, laptops have a
> motherboard with graphics processors embedded on them. You get what you
> get you can't change it, The graphics chip is soldered onto the
> motherboard.
>
> If you want to be able to swap out graphics cards, dont buy a laptop,
> buy a desktop. You can find smaller ones that are somewhat portable.
>
> James

Any possibilities of anything with the external PCI Express slot?

>

Barrabas wrote:
> Any possibilities of anything with the external PCI Express slot?

There is no external PCI Express slot,

There is an Expresscard 54, which is a newer faster PCMCIA and I did
see a video input card for it, but no cards with a video out. Think
about it - a good graphics processor thows a lot of heat, and a heat
sink isn't small.

I did read a benchmark that showed this laptop with an nVidia 7600
mobile processor built in (earlier models with 7400)- which by the
numbers sounds great - the deskop 7xxx nVidia cards are pretty good.
But the 3d benchmark was as good as my old x700 Super card.

James