can YOU upgrade your vid card on a thinkpad?

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eigh · #1 Post by **eigh** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:59 pm

i was really thinking about getting a T61 today but saw i could only get it with a quadro nvs 140m. this really wasnt that great of a card.

is it at all possible that i could swap it out for one i buy from ebay or something crazy like that? or is there no way i can change out the video card in the t61 series.

(it will either be a t61 or an x series tablet for me, not sure which yet)

brentpresley · #2 Post by **brentpresley** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:02 pm

eigh wrote:i was really thinking about getting a T61 today but saw i could only get it with a quadro nvs 140m. this really wasnt that great of a card.

is it at all possible that i could swap it out for one i buy from ebay or something crazy like that? or is there no way i can change out the video card in the t61 series.

(it will either be a t61 or an x series tablet for me, not sure which yet)

NO. No thinkpad has EVER had upgradeable graphics (and probably never will).

These systems are designed for business applications. Not games and the like.

bontistic · #3 Post by **bontistic** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:13 pm

Who knows, maybe someday, they would adapt this.

#4 Post by **ryengineer** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:48 pm

Asus has already been looking forward to manufacturing such machines and implementing the NVidia chipsets. More info. can be found here

bontistic · #5 Post by **bontistic** » Sat May 19, 2007 12:10 pm

Thanks.

These modules have been around for a few years but has not picked up speed yet. Hopefully they will implement this on ThinkPads.

jjesusfreak01 · #6 Post by **jjesusfreak01** » Sun May 20, 2007 9:23 am

bontistic wrote:Thanks.

These modules have been around for a few years but has not picked up speed yet. Hopefully they will implement this on ThinkPads.

Not likely to happen, though it would be cool. You are better off just getting a good 2-4 years out of the laptop and then upgrading to the next version. Buying new laptops is more cost effective than upgrading your current one with the way pricing is now. The new T61s have faster graphics cards than the T60ps, and the T61ps will be smoking.

truk · #7 Post by **truk** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:30 pm

Remember, there is always the dock solution. The Dock II (PCI) and Advanced Dock (PCI-E) include the ability to add a desktop video card, as long as you are compatible.

gnyffel · #8 Post by **gnyffel** » Mon May 21, 2007 2:57 am

The XG Station is probably something to watch out for, though your portability will suffer whilst using it.

http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=5369

frankiepankie · #9 Post by **frankiepankie** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:15 am

Some dockingstations do support PCI-E

A dude here on the forum has tried a Nvidia 7800GTX inside the dockingstation, and it worked

Al tough he needed an external powersupply for the videocard because the dock can't generate the power needed for the vid. card

Tholek · #10 Post by **Tholek** » Sun May 27, 2007 12:17 pm

brentpresley wrote:NO. No thinkpad has EVER had upgradeable graphics (and probably never will).

*cough*760 series*cough*.

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