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    Laptop with External Graphic Card

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by HalfaMaster, Apr 25, 2011.

  1. HalfaMaster

    HalfaMaster Newbie

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    Hi everyone,
    sorry if i am posting on the wrong zone but i wanted to ask you guys something..

    I wanted to buy a Laptop ( Fujitsu Lifebook AH530 GFX bei notebooksbilliger.de ) but when i searched about this Laptop some Websites say that this pc comes with a "external graphic card". This is going to sound really stupid but i searched that on google and the only thing i found its something like a "external dvd player" BUT I saw some videos on youtube from this laptop and i dint saw any "external box"

    You guys have any idea :)?

    Thank you :D
     
    HalfaMaster, Apr 25, 2011
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  2. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    Meant is that the laptop has a dedicated GPU card. It is not external - it is internal in the laptop, but not integrated in the CPU.
     
    Gracy123, Apr 25, 2011
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    woofer00 Wanderer

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    woofer00, Apr 25, 2011
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  4. HalfaMaster

    HalfaMaster Newbie

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    Ok, thank you so much :) and thank you for the super quick reply
    Edit: Btw Gracy, i see on your sig. "and never again" to a Fujitsu... are they bad :[ ? Because i am about to buy one lol :p
     
    HalfaMaster, Apr 25, 2011
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  5. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    These threads might be very useful to you:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/fujitsu/536789-fujitsu-notebooks-reliable-long-lasting-3.html

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/fujitsu/409772-fujitsu-laptop-owners-past-present-future.html

    I personally would never buy Fujitsu again. The quality corresponds to a price that should be lower even than Acer. But there are also people who are satisfied. I guess it is all a matter of expectations. If you need it for a few months only it might even not crack or break if you are lucky ;) Last page of the first thread above contains my story shortly told ;)
     
    Gracy123, Apr 25, 2011
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  6. Orlbuckeye

    Orlbuckeye Notebook Evangelist

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    An external graphics card would be real slow because they aren't connected to the mobo.
     
    Orlbuckeye, Apr 25, 2011
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  7. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    No they run through the ExpressCard slot and run off the PCI-E bus.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 25, 2011
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