Does anyone know....

[binarypotato]

Anything about upgrading video cards in Laptops?

I have a Toshiba Satellite P205, not sure of the exact model number, and was wondering if anyone knew anything about possibly putting in an nVidia GO graphics card.

Any help appreciated!

[Zephik]

I did a little research into this something like a week or two ago. I'll just sum up my findings into one simple sentence.

Forget about it.

Even if your laptop is compatible with the cards, which is probably unlikely, they are pretty hard to find. People are selling them on Ebay, but they can be pretty dang expensive. Link1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-9300-nVidia-GeForce-Go-6800-256mb-Video-Card-NEW_W0QQitemZ120135282067QQihZ002QQcategoryZ74957Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), Link2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-Inspiron-9400-E1705-NVidia-Go-7950-GTX-512MB-GU067_W0QQitemZ220125957546QQihZ012QQcategoryZ7495 7QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) for examples. You can look into if you want though. I just don't think its really worth it.

I say, just be happy with what you have. You have the Intel GMA 950, which isn't the greatest 3D processing in the world, but its something equivalent to a graphics card with 4 pixel pipelines. Which can run Oblivion on low to medium settings as I found out through personal experience. It also runs WoW better than perfect, as I can run WoW without anything but crud onboard graphics on medium to high settings.

[Greco101]

so that's what they look like haha