Suggest new video card for Inspiron 8500

[greg28818]

I was given an Inspiron 8500 laptop and I have determined that the Video Card(Chip whatever) is bad. Currently there is a ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 in the laptop. Can anyone suggest a replacement?

 

[KingCody]

Hi greg and welcome to Techspot

the good news is that you have one of the few laptops around with a removable/replaceable video card. the bad news is that laptop video cards are not cheap, and can be hard to find.

as far as I know, the radeon mobility 9600 is the best card you can get for that machine (which is a pretty decent upgrade from a 9000). they go for about $200USD on Ebay.

what is wrong with the laptop anyways? and how do you know that the video card is to blame?

:wave: