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Proper Vga Card In A MacBook?
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KiD
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Apr 29, 2007, 04:52 AM
 
Hey Guys,

Mornin. Can you fit a VGA Card in a MacBook or it isn't possible?

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Apr 29, 2007, 06:04 AM
 
I doubt thats possible!!! Why would you want to?
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Apr 29, 2007, 08:13 AM
 
Put a proper VGA card in there. A Mobility Radeon, so the Intel Integrated Chip won't be used for Graphics Rendering, thus automatically leaving the RAM alone cause it's shared with it. All the graphics would be rendered through the Dedicated VGA Card.
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Apr 29, 2007, 08:20 AM
 
Originally Posted by KiD View Post
Put a proper VGA card in there. A Mobility Radeon, so the Intel Integrated Chip won't be used for Graphics Rendering, thus automatically leaving the RAM alone cause it's shared with it. All the graphics would be rendered through the Dedicated VGA Card.
No, not possible. There's no expansion available on the Macbook.
     
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Apr 29, 2007, 08:36 AM
 
K Dude! That Sux Though !
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Apr 29, 2007, 09:28 AM
 
You could add a USB video card, but USB is a slow bus for a video card, the chipset would probably be pretty old and slow, it would only work with an external monitor, and I doubt OS X supports it anyway.
     
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Apr 29, 2007, 11:54 AM
 
I've never heard of USB Video Cards B4.
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