Replacing video card?

Question

I have a Dell Latitude E6410 with Windows 7 64-bit

It has an "NVIDIA NVS 3100M Dedicated 512MB gDDR3 with Express Card"

I was just wondering if the PCI express card means that it is easy to replace the video card, if i want a higher quality one for gaming.

Are many video cards compatible with my computer and can I replace it easily?

Answer 1

If it's PCI-Express, it's practically plug-n-play. You just take out the old one, put the new one in its place, and install the drivers. The problem is that most laptop graphics cards are onboard, which makes it impossible to replace.

Answer 2

You'll first need to disable the onboard video in the system BIOS . This is done when the computer first boots and you get the option to enter 'setup' usually by pressing the delete or F12 key (watch the screen at boot up). Then find the correct area in the BIOS settings that has the onboard video and select to disable it. Save settings, shut computer off, install new video card, connect video cable from old location on motherboard to back of video card, start computer and let Windows start up - it will tell you new hardware found - when window comes up asking to install new hardware just hit cancel, let Windows finishing its start up, put CDROM in drive that came with video card, and follow the setup routine. Piece of cake.

Answer 3

That's a laptop, you cannot replace the video card. Laptops do not have available PCI Express slots.



Laptops for gaming always require better, dedicated video/video ram cards. You have to spend a lot more money for those.

Answer 4

Standard Dell don't have video cards that are compatible with their notebooks so you can't switch them out. Only if you have a high end Alienware M17x notebook or an Asus Republic of Gamers notebook, they can be easily swapped with another notebook GPU with the same chipset: MXM for Asus, though I'm not sure of Alienware.

Answer 5

Video cards are extremely easy to replace no matter what one you have. You just unsnap the old from the motherboard and snap the new one in it's place. They are so simple. The video card is what your monitor plugs into, so it will be easy to see when you open up your computer

Answer 6

You cant replace laptop graphics cards. Some companies tried to allow you to do it a long time ago but it was dropped soon after.



So yeah, if you're talking about the graphics in your laptop, you're stuck with it.

Answer 7

no>in your laptop your video card is built into the motherboard