[LAU] Suggested video card

[Marc-Olivier Barre]

On 8/13/07, Arnold Krille <arnold at arnoldarts.de> wrote:
> Quoting this "private" reply here as I don't see any reason to have it
> private. Probably one of the victims of the Good-Bye-ReplyTo-Munging...
>
> And I didn't know the facts state, so I think others are interested in this
> too.
>
> Am Montag, 13. August 2007 schrieb Thomas Ilnseher:
> > Am Montag, den 13.08.2007, 15:01 +0200 schrieb Arnold Krille:
> > > I have the very strong feeling that you are fixed on your graphics
> > > device as I
> > > have never seen a laptop that could make use of an extra video card.
> > > Except
> > > with a docking station that has a pci-slot...
> > Newer PCIe based Notebooks use a special video-card standard called MXM.
> > if you have such a notebook, it should _IN THEORY_ be possible to
> > exchange the video card. BUT:
> >
> > a) there exist at least 4 different sub-formfactors of the MXM spec.
> > b) The cooling solution must be "good enough" for the desired video
> > card. This applies to the power subsystem as well.
> > c) you might run into troubles with the bios ...
> > d) replacing the card may be difficult and invalidate warranty
> > e) there might be notebooks with discrete PCIe graphics that is not obey
> > the MXM standard
> > f) it is very likely that notbooks with integrated graphics lack MXM
> > slots, and it is even more likely that such notebooks at least lack the
> > required cooling solutions.

Thank you Arnold for forwarding this. Interesting indeed.
I might have a look on my laptop to see if I can get rid of this ATI
card. This would eliminate some frustration ;-)
The BIOS might be a problem though...

> Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me
> to all your contacts.
> After a month or so log in as root and do a rm / -rf. Or ask your
> administrator to do so...

Hi, I'm an anti-virus. BOO ! You're screwed. :-)
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