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Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?

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Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?

#1 Post by Joppe » Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:14 pm

I got a E530 Laptop, with a crapy HD 4000, I try to play WCIII on the internet and it's so lagy :(
at the moment is it 8Gb DDr3 and a 7200rpm HDD. Can I put in a Videocard to make it better on gameing? Edit: or can a SSD make anything fore the game?

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Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?

#2 Post by Neil » Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:57 pm

Welcome to thinkpads.com Joppe!

No...can't put a video card in it. An SSD won't improve graphics performance.
If you want/need a gaming rig...you just need to build a gaming rig (desktop machine), then you can swap graphics adapters to your hearts content.
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Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?

#3 Post by Joppe » Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:27 pm

Neil wrote:Welcome to thinkpads.com Joppe!

No...can't put a video card in it. An SSD won't improve graphics performance.
If you want/need a gaming rig...you just need to build a gaming rig (desktop machine), then you can swap graphics adapters to your hearts content.
Thanx for the Welcome sir :)

Oh I see, then I'll just play on LOW settings.

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Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?

#4 Post by Neil » Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:31 pm

Yes...that is the best course when current hardware will have to do.
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Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?

#5 Post by ganon11000 » Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:29 am

I have read somewhere you can buy a mini PCI-e to PCI-e X16 adapter (that uses an HDMI cable to extend the signal) but this seems expensive and, in my opinion, stupid.

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing ... tor-915616
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Lenovo T420 4236-PA8: WiFi card replaced with a Broadcom one (fixes most DPC latency), 64GB Crucial M4 SSD added as OS drive, original HDD in a DVD to HDD caddy.

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