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Old 11-21-2008, 07:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Shared vs Dedicated

Thinkin of getting Toshiba SAT A300-1MC laptop.

It has 3gb ram and 1.5Gb shared graphics? aay any stage in future as an upgrade is it possible to slot in a dedicated graphics card or u cannot do it?
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Old 11-21-2008, 08:19 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi,
This toshiba has a Mobile Intel® GMA 4500MHD .
It is intergrated to the Motherboard so there is no chance to upgrade it.
It does share memory from the motherboard to run.
Here is the specs for this model:
http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.c...0-1MC/1058203/
Here is the review for this card:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#GMA_X4500
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Re: Shared vs Dedicated

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