IBM TP 600X VGA memory upgrade? Is this possible

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IBM TP 600X VGA memory upgrade? Is this possible

#1 Post by SnoopyD » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:49 pm

Can anyone tell me if a TP 600X 2645 video card can be upgradeable to something higher than 4mbs? Has anyone done ever done it?
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#2 Post by tfflivemb2 » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:55 pm

Welcome to the Forum!!

No, unfortunately, you cannot upgrade the VGA ram, as the video card is integrated into the system board.

As a side note, one can insert a video card into a docking station that takes PCI cards.

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#3 Post by SnoopyD » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:59 pm

Thank you for the answer.
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IBM TP 600X 650Mhz 2645-9ZU
(upgraded from 500Mhz, 2645-5EU)
596 SDRAM (Incl. 64mb onboard)
80Gb @ 7200 RPM's
OS: XP Professional

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#4 Post by sktn77a » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:05 am

You can't upgrade the video but you can improve DVD performance with a MARGI DVD-To-Go card if that is what you are trying to do.

This may or may not improve the performance of the 600X (it was designed for the 600/600E) and I think there may be some driver issues with XP.
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Currently T420 4177-CTO, T430 2347-A54, T430 2347-UN9, T430 2349-L64, T430 2342-CTO, H520S 2561-1LU, Ideapad K1)

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#5 Post by farna » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:17 pm

There are now some USB video cards made for laptops. Of course they are used to drive an external monitor only, won't improve graphics on the notebook screen. There may be PCMCIA cards that do the same thing (drive an external monitor).
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