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    Aspire 5100, upgrade graphics card?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Ztardust, Dec 4, 2008.

  1. Ztardust

    Ztardust Newbie

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    Hey!

    I have an Acer Aspire 5104wlmi. I am dual-booting Mac OSX 10.5.5, and Vista Premium on this machine.

    My graphics card(Ati x1300 mobility) is not fully supported in OSX, I only get a resolution of 1024x768, so I´m trying to find out if it is possible to upgrade it.

    I´ve heard that it is possible to replace the Ati x1300 mobility with Nvidia Gforce 7300 go, which is fully supported in OSX(with the right drivers).

    Is there anyone here who can give me an advice on this? Whether it is possible to change out the graphics card at all,with Gforce go 7300, or perhaps some other card?

    Thanks!

    -Ztardust

    My machine:
    Acer Aspire 5104Wlmi AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56, 2 GB ram, ATI mobility Radeon X1300, Audio: Realtek HDA ALC883, Ethernet: RTL8139, DVD: MatshitaDVD-ram UJ-8505, Bluetooth, Airport/Mini-pci Wifi: Dell 1395, Harddisk:160 gb HD internal
     
    Ztardust, Dec 4, 2008
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  2. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Running Mac OS X on non-apple machine is illegal(EULA) so I have to close this thread to prevent any "OS X on PC" discussion(OS X on PC discussions are prohibited on NBR, please refer to the forum rules). Please do not bring up this again.

    As for upgrading the GPU of your laptop you can check this thread for more info.

    Thank you.
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    ATG, Dec 4, 2008
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