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Borla · 10-31-2005, 07:10 AM

I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop that I've had for about two years. It is the main PC that I have for personal use. I recently picked up Civilization 4 (used to be a diehard Civ junkie) and found that my video card is inadequate to run it.

I have a Radeon 7500 with 16mb of memory, and according to the game, I need at least a 64mb video card. I've done a bit of research online and it does seem that the video card is removeable (unlike many laptops), and they make a Radeon with 64mb for the Inspiron 5100. Anyone here done a swap like that? Anything to be wary of? I am fairly competent with minor hardware issues, I'm imagining this will be a pretty easy swap since the video card was made for that specific model?

This is what I'm looking at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...54&refid=store

Any feedback is much appreciated.

10-31-2005, 07:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Borla Junkie	Laptop video card question. I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop that I've had for about two years. It is the main PC that I have for personal use. I recently picked up Civilization 4 (used to be a diehard Civ junkie) and found that my video card is inadequate to run it. I have a Radeon 7500 with 16mb of memory, and according to the game, I need at least a 64mb video card. I've done a bit of research online and it does seem that the video card is removeable (unlike many laptops), and they make a Radeon with 64mb for the Inspiron 5100. Anyone here done a swap like that? Anything to be wary of? I am fairly competent with minor hardware issues, I'm imagining this will be a pretty easy swap since the video card was made for that specific model? This is what I'm looking at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...54&refid=store Any feedback is much appreciated. __________________ Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde!!!!