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Quick Question Regarding DX10

Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
edited May 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm using an Alienware laptop from about last October to play my games right now. The specs are as follows:

System Model: Aurora m9700
Processor: AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology (~2.4 GHz)
Virtual Memory: 2048MB RAM
Graphics Cards: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS w/ 256mb x2

Is this DX10/Vista-able, and if not, what can I do to make it such?

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Shankill Butcher wrote: »
    I'm using an Alienware laptop from about last October to play my games right now. The specs are as follows:

    System Model: Aurora m9700
    Processor: AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology (~2.4 GHz)
    Virtual Memory: 2048MB RAM
    Graphics Cards: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS w/ 256mb x2

    Is this DX10/Vista-able, and if not, what can I do to make it such?

    Only the 8000 series is Dx10 compatible, so if it was possible to upgrade the graphics card, that's what you'd need to do. However you can still run vista fine, and at the moment there seems to be very little difference between Dx10 and Dx9.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I'm not very experienced in laptop-fu...is it possible/sensical to replace one or both of my cards with another laptop-intended 8000 series NVIDIA card?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Shankill Butcher wrote: »
    I'm not very experienced in laptop-fu...is it possible/sensical to replace one or both of my cards with another laptop-intended 8000 series NVIDIA card?

    You'd have to ask someone familiar with Alienware laptops specifically, your best bet would be to call the customer service number and ask.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    As of right now there is one game demo that supports DX10 and that's about it. You'd be best holding off for a while either way.

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  • PhilodoxPhilodox Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    The odds of you being able to swap your laptop's video card is very very slim. That being said, it can't hurt to call alienware and find out. nvidia was grumbling about a laptop video card standard that would allow upgrades, I don't know if any manufacturer bothered to implement it though.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Shankill Butcher wrote: »
    I'm not very experienced in laptop-fu...is it possible/sensical to replace one or both of my cards with another laptop-intended 8000 series NVIDIA card?

    If you are literally drowning in a sea of money then maybe. Otherwise not really.

    Rook on
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