I have not as yet really tested out the full gaming potential of my powerbook's graphics card but am hoping to get some games like 007 nightfire to test it out. I was just wondering whether this pb would be able to be upgarded to the ATI Radeon 9700 with 128 mb of vram. Just a thought...
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Powerbook g4 ati 9600 can you upgarde to the 9700?
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Sorry, but all laptops use a graphics card soldered to the motherboard, so unless you replace the logic board, no.
I'm not intending on doing this but in theory if I did get a new motherboard then replace the graphics card with a new one then would that work or would it just catch fire?
You wouldn't be able to replace the "graphics card" since there isn't a card to speak of. The GPU is soldered to the mainboard, and cannot be replaced by-hand.
ok thanks everyone for replying. I was wondering if it was possible just because of all the soldering and such and would be a great achievement and I would feel a great sense of induviduality and sheer awesomeness that a powerbook could complete such a task!
Actually, MXM laptops have upgradable vid cards but it's still a pain in the ass to 1) find another compatible MXM card and 2) install it. You usually see em in "gaming" laptops (like Sagers, etc)
The NP9280 uses that stuff from what I can see, and it isn't really a laptop. Even Sager says that it is a "desktop replacement."