nVIDIA 7900 gtx graphic card

hello, I have a toshiba satellite p-100 324. a "monster model" from centuries ago . but I recently have a problem with its graphic card. nVIDIA Ge force gs 7900 gtx, 512 MB of RAM. can someone tell me where I can find a new one and on what price, or is it possible to replace it with some NEW MODEL?? my lap top is in very good condition, has intel core duo 2,17 gHz inside, harman kardon speakers, full hd monitor etc. I'll be so sad if it is the end for it's life, because of a card problem. please advise and help

 

Afaik, Toshiba notebooks, even when using a dedicated (not soldered) card design, still used proprietary form factors, thus rendering them near-impossible to upgrade except using other toshiba cards.
I'm guessing the most powerful card may be a GTX 7950 or some of the 8800/9800 series cards, but whether or not these were even used in Toshiba notebooks is something I have no idea on.
I tried searching for some toshiba service parts shops online, but am coming up empty on videocards. You could try contacting Toshiba service directly and asking, although you may end up having to sell the machine for parts.

 

tnx for reply. as far as I can see, my baby is going to be disassembled . there is no a good support for Toshiba in Serbia. "dealers" and service are very poor and unprofessional. thought that I'd be in position to solve my problem in neighborhood countries. still wait a while. maybe something appears

 

Honestly there is no point. Intel HD 4000 ranks above the 7900M GTX, so really any dedicated card of this generation will destroy your current card. Good chances a cheap laptop with i7 chip will give you better performance than your current laptop, you should save up for new computer instead of such an old graphics card.

 

I thought that's always better to have a separate graphic card, instead of integrated. you think that intel 4000 is good enough for using in last generation computers?? that there's no necessity for ati or NVidia? is it ok to look for i3 (2,2 GHz?) accompanied with this graphic? 4 GB of RAM, and 500 GB hard? I'm asking all of these because such a configuration can be found for ok price. I'll put my p100 in museum . regards

 

if the graphics card has died and you are getting lines on the screen then you could try the baking method BUT if your graphics card is soldered to your motherboard then im not sure this is possible

it totally depends what you are going to be using your laptop for and what budget you have to spend.
a dedicated gpu is always better especially for demanding latest gaming and heavy duty software and video rendering. if you are only going to be brousing the net,watching video's,non demanding games etc then the HD4000 will be fine for all of them things.

 

core i7 intel hd 4000 + large amount of fast ram will make it a competent card for medium level games. ANY dedicated card should smoke your 7900 gtx, literally ANY dedicated card. a 700$ new laptop will destroy your current setup and give you double the battery life.

For a quick fix, you can try to drip some liquid flux on your graphics card PCB, especially in the die area, and then bake or use a heat gun on it. It has worked for my PS3 before

 

I'm 52 years old, and not a gamming type. That old monster was bought with a lot of emotions , and is in a very good conditions, without any scratch or something, did a lot of presentations in my work, and has an excellent sound with Harman Kardon speakers, full hd diplay. a budget will be somewhere 450-500 €, and I was told to look for DELL, or ASUS. Last was because that even I find dedicated card (to my Toshiba) it would cost a fortune. a better solution is to buy a new one . this is my first attending to any computer forum, and YOUR suggestions and opinions are very useful. according to the budget I mentioned, please advise a LT (model, and features). A sad true is that models in our shops are outgoing (old), with a technology from "centuries ago", but leaded by advising model, who knows . last thing for this round: is it better to look for intel 4000, or ATI, NVidia 1-2 GB ?

 

Then you would bake the whole motherboard.

 

i wondered that but have never heard of it being done before.

 

Actually, if you're going with a budget light gaming laptop, an AMD A8 APU or an A10 offers a much better balance of CPU and GPU performance than an i7 would. Rarely would you find games that aren't bottlenecked by Intel's HD 4000.

Also, IGP and dedicated GPUs can perform similarly. The main issue that IGPs have is that they are sitting next to a CPU, which means there's a restriction on how fast the IGP can operate. Another issue is that they have to use the system RAM. However, a 1866 MHz CL10 or 11 RAM would be sufficient for an APU

Btw, a dedicated GPU can actually perform worse than an IGP. The GT 610m is slower than the HD 4000. That's terrible if you pair an i7 with it, like this Asus laptop: Amazon.com: ASUS A53SD-TS71 Core i7 4GB/750GB NVIDIA GT 610M Laptop: Computers & Accessories

 

I'm sure AMD can do a proficient job, I was just providing an example of how the new gen of IGPU can perform similarly to an older dGPU. I'm an Intel fan though for general purpose computing.