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Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:14 pm
by Joppe
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?
Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:57 pm
by Neil
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.
Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:27 pm
by Joppe
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.
Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:31 pm
by Neil
Yes...that is the best course when current hardware will have to do.
Re: Can I put a real Videocard in my Thinkpad?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:29 am
by ganon11000
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