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Thinkpad Advanced Dock Questions

#1 Post by Tradam » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:06 pm

i want to make my t61 capable of at least decent gaming capability. when i ran a few tests on the "can u run it" website it would appear as though i only need to upgrade my graphics card to run most newer games. to upgrade the GPU i would need the dock.

i know a bit about the dock like how the GPU needs to be a low profile card and that the LCD screen on my t61 will not turn on when it is plugged in to the dock with a GPU.

my question is that are there any other limitations like does the dock have a psu wattage limit on what card I could chose or does it have to have a certain interface type to work properly.

i plan to use a AMD Radeon HD 6670 low profile GPU in the dock.

if this card wont work then what other card could i use in this dock to play some video games on my t61 at a decent quality

any useful answers are appreciated

:D thanks for taking the time to read this post :D
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Re: Thinkpad Advanced Dock Questions

#2 Post by emeraldgirl08 » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:50 pm

Maybe THIS might answer a question or two for you. Try clicking on "Search" at the top of the page also and entering in key words that will narrow your results down to hopefully an answer or two. Good luck :)
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Re: Thinkpad Advanced Dock Questions

#3 Post by Tradam » Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:51 pm

emeraldgirl08 wrote:Maybe THIS might answer a question or two for you. Try clicking on "Search" at the top of the page also and entering in key words that will narrow your results down to hopefully an answer or two. Good luck :)
thanks :D . your post did help quite a bit

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Re: Thinkpad Advanced Dock Questions

#4 Post by Tradam » Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:35 pm

can someone answer one more thing for me? can the dock handle a AMD Radeon HD 6670 low profile? does the dock supply enough power to successfully power this card? when i did a search of what the dock can and cant run i came across mixed results so i am still a bit confused. any useful answers are greatly appreciated

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