topic Re: VGN-S4XP in PCs & Accessories

VGN-S4XP

weld_el_bay — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:33:44 GMT

Hi Folks. I've just purchased an S4XP and i wanted to know if it's possible to change the geforce 6200 by a more powerful card.

Re: VGN-S4XP

Fuzzillogic — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:08:25 GMT

No.

Re: VGN-S4XP

kee-lo_ — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:11:25 GMT

Not possible - as it's not got the feature of adding/changing daughterboards

Re: VGN-S4XP

Naiss — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:47:22 GMT

Generally speaking you can't change laptop graphic cards.

There are a rare few which put the graphics chip on a daughterboard which you can change but even they aren't worthwhile because the manufacturers don't build new daughterboards with the latest graphics chips on them.

You can run games in a resolution of 800x600 which should allow you to play any of the latest games albeit you may need to turn the detail down.

You can overclock the 6200 very easily and gain an extra 30%-50% speed.

Re: VGN-S4XP

kee-lo_ — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:32:40 GMT

Be careful when overclocking, you can cause damage to the GPU and bring a lot of extra heat to the notebook

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djidji.govedina — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:52:35 GMT

so even if, for example, I have ati x600 in my a317 it is not possible to put lets say x800 model?
motherboards are the same in models with x600 & x800. same chipshet, same everything... well I know it will be a bit of a problem to find x800.

Re: VGN-S4XP

Naiss — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:45:51 GMT

No it will not be possible because the chip (x600) is likely to be directly soldered onto the motherboard and not on a seperate card you can take out and swap over.

Even if it were on a seperate card, there is no way Sony would make the part available to the general public. Sony want you to buy a brand new laptop if you want better graphics performance.

Re: VGN-S4XP

febs — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:16:04 GMT

You cant change graphic cards on notebooks the best you can do is overclock just like i have:smileytongue: :smileycool:.

Re: VGN-S4XP

kee-lo_ — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:17:25 GMT

Even if it were on a seperate card, there is no way Sony would make the part available to the general public.  Sony want you to buy a brand new laptop if you want better graphics performance.

Hehe you know you're right there!