integrated video card Question

[Haywood]

I ordered a dell laptop in November It has a 2.3 ghz processor (not to bad , but I am going to upgrade it) I know how to upgrade a processor, but I have no clue if I can upgrade the integrated graphics card?

Is it possible to upgrade an integrated graphics card???

your help would be appreciated

 

[Nodsu]

No, you cannot upgrade an integrated graphics card and since it is a laptop you can't add another vid card and disable the onboard one.

 

[Haywood]

Thanks Nodsu, I heard that you were not able to upgrade them , then I heard from another person that you could, but they weren't sure, so I thought I would post a question. Thanks

 

[LNCPapa]

Some of the newer models are coming upgradable.

http://www.alienware.com/mobile_main.aspx

there are a few other ones as well - including some newer Dell models.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_xps?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

 

[Arris]

Some of the Dells (from 8000 inspiron series onward) have separate daughter boards for the graphics and these can be changed. I have a friend who has a 8200 and has switched from Geforce2Go 32mb to Geforce4Go 64mb to ATI 9000 64mb. He also upgraded the processor but its not mounted in a zif socket in the same way that desktop processors are. He has a PHD in Electrical Engineering and he said the CPU change was a fairly tricky operation. Just thought I'd let you know.