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    dell inspiron 5160

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kinggreek, Feb 20, 2005.

  1. kinggreek

    kinggreek Newbie

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    Please will some1 help me with my littlt problem. I have a dell inspiron 5160 and it has a 32mb graphics card. I want to upgrade it to play halflife 2. What do i need to do, or do i need to upgrade, i have a 256mb nvidia graphics card that is availble to fit but will it fit?! it was fitted my desktop if that is any help! any suggestions help etc thankfully recieved.
     
    kinggreek, Feb 20, 2005
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  2. Ballin4life

    Ballin4life Notebook Evangelist

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    If it is a desktop card it will not fit in a laptop. The farthest you can go on a 5160 is a 64 mb card (I forgot which brand, but it was 64 mb).
     
    Ballin4life, Feb 20, 2005
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    andy2434 Notebook Consultant

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    The best Dell approved video card for your i5160 is a 64mb Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200.

    Dell Inspiron 8600:
    * 1.6 Ghz Pentium M * 1024 MB DDR SDRAM * 100 Gb Seagate Momentus 5400 Rpm HD * 15.4" WSXGA+ * Internal Bluetooth * Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 * 4x CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) * ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo 128 MB * Win XP Pro SP2 *

    * Apple 17" PowerBook G4 * 14" Toshiba Tecra 8000 * Apple 14" iBook G4 *
     
    andy2434, Feb 21, 2005
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