topic Re: FR415B Graphics update!? in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150162#M123102 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Mark,<BR /><BR />No it's not possible as it's an integrated card, in other words, stuck onto the motherboard.<BR /><BR />Removing it would be drastic to the motherboard, and as there are no replacement type chips, it's inpossible.<BR /><BR />There are talks about removable mobile graphics cards for newer notebooks, but price and availability, doesn't look like it'll happen soon.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 17 Oct 2004 14:00:32 GMT kee-lo_ 2004-10-17T14:00:32Z FR415B Graphics update!? https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150160#M123101 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My Vaio has an ATI Radeon IGP 345M which i have set to 128mb shared memory! this is good enough for most programs that i use but i was wondering if it is possible to update the IGP on a laptop just like you can buy another graphics card for a desktop tower? any information would be helpful! <BR /> cheers! mark.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:14:08 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150160#M123101 wallace129 2004-10-17T13:14:08Z Re: FR415B Graphics update!? https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150162#M123102 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Mark,<BR /><BR />No it's not possible as it's an integrated card, in other words, stuck onto the motherboard.<BR /><BR />Removing it would be drastic to the motherboard, and as there are no replacement type chips, it's inpossible.<BR /><BR />There are talks about removable mobile graphics cards for newer notebooks, but price and availability, doesn't look like it'll happen soon.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 17 Oct 2004 14:00:32 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150162#M123102 kee-lo_ 2004-10-17T14:00:32Z Re: FR415B Graphics update!? https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150163#M123103 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I wonder how that would work? Some manufacturers have a big problem understandably with people opening up their laptops to fiddle inside I can see it being a headache for them.<BR />Aside from that, what is the big hurdle in removable graphics cards in laptops?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:23:28 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150163#M123103 TygerTyger 2004-10-17T17:23:28Z Re: FR415B Graphics update!? https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150164#M123104 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Space is the big hurdle, and making it accessible.<BR />I guess they could do like a BIOS chip style, still there's a long way to go...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:50:41 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415b-graphics-update/m-p/150164#M123104 kee-lo_ 2004-10-17T17:50:41Z