Need Nvidia GeForce FX Go

[SlayerX]

Where can I find Nvidia GeForce FX Go for my laptop?

[TokeN]

have you tried a google search :thumbsup: ?

[Atma]

As a rule of thumb, Laptop video cards are MB mounted and are not upgradable. There are SOME exceptions to the rule, of course, but generally speaking, when you but a laptop, except for ram and HDDs, you need to love what you're buying, because you're stuck with it till you buy a whole new laptop.

And get a mobile radeon. ATI is kicking Nvidia's ass in the laptop GPU market.

[SlayerX]

My uncle can just open up my laptop and put in the ATI chip and a new processor cant he?

[bside]

as Atma said, it's "MB mounted," meaning the GPU is soldered to the mobo circuits that were created for that particular chip.

unfortunately, laptop GPU chip isn't easy as swapping w/ another chip. it's like asking "hey, can i put that Porsche's engine to my BMW?" well, maybe u can, but of course there's a lot of tweakings involved. plus, it may be physically impossible due to dimenssions, maybe the engine is too strong, and for various reasons it could be impossible while possible cases may exist. at the end, u'll probablly end up w/ paying more money than to buy a new Porsche. of course, depending on models, though.

so, if u wanna get a better performance GPU, u really have to buy a new laptop, like Atma says. if u still want a GPU chip, u have to contact the manufacture directly coz those chips r sold in volume to OEM companies only.

[SlayerX]

god dangit what am i supposed to do now to play FFXI? I need someway to upgrade my graphics. And if i have a pentium 3 could I make it a pentium 4?

[Atma]

I am what many would call a "computer professional", though I don't usually use that word to describe myself. My opinion on the subject of laptops is: There are two, and only two, user upgradable components in modern laptop systems. Hard Drives and Ram (not including things like PCMCIA cards and such, and yes, I looked for you, there are no PCMCIA graphics cards that don't suck). The components you need to either build or upgrade laptops are simply either 1) Too built-in to upgrade, such as graphics chips, or 2) Simply not sold to end-users (people like you and I). Alienware is trying to change that image by offering replacable GPUs on thier latest laptops, but for the time being it's just a proprietary pipe-dream.

Sorry man, I wish I could help you out. The only possible way you could upgrade your laptop's graphic card would be to:

1) If it's already equipped with a late-generation graphics chipset (IE, Geforce Go, ATI mobile radeon), these *SOMETIMES* (albiet rarely) have replaceable chipsets. As for obtaining the chip to replace it, I say to you: Good Luck. I have scoured the internet, and I have yet to find a single vendor willing to sell these chips to end users (You and me). Dell will also not sell you the chip, and warns you the moment you utter the words "laptop" and "new graphics chip" in the same sentance that any attempt to replace your graphics chipset will forever void your warranty.

Note that a Geforce2 go is plenty to play the game on 512x512 background resolution.

2) Purchase a new laptop.

Unfortunately, Modern Laptops (and yes, even the crap you buy from Alienware that are touted as "gaming laptops") are simply not designed as gaming platforms. They are, as I said earlier, basically un-upgradable, except for alienware's latest line which touts "replaceable GPUs" (at a very nice premium for alienware, I bet). And that is the #1 key feature you should look for on any gaming computer.

My advice to you would be to buy a desktop system if you plan on doing any serious gaming.

As for upgrading the CPU on your laptop, I am reasonably certain that mobile P3s and Mobile P4s require vastly different motherboard archtectures and cooling solutions. I don't think it's possible, and even if it were, it wouldn't compensate for an inferior video card anyway.