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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Sony VAIO upgrade
DVA255
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on August 19 2001
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

Mount Prospect, IL

281 legs, 946.6 hours
168 legs, 511.8 hours online
211 legs, 803.4 hours ACARS
15 legs, 56.1 hours event
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 11:44 ET by Garry Foster
Okay, so I have a SONY VAIO ( VGN-FW510F ) laptop if anyone is familiar with these, I could use some help. I was looking at upgrading to a better graphics card, however I have never done this before so I am not 100% sure that the one I have picked out would even work.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/PNY+-+NVIDIA+GeForce+XLR8+GTS+250+1GB+DDR3+PCI+Express+Graphics+Card/9262451.p?skuId=9262451&ky=1whxm51gbOgORrn6M8JOUlLjDtR0yY7Rx&cmp=RMX&id=1218071135693

thats a link to the card I am looking at purchasing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
DVA4069
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on February 18 2007
Everett 250 Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Six Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"War Eagle!"
Southeastern United States

681 legs, 2,227.3 hours
478 legs, 1,098.5 hours online
607 legs, 1,936.8 hours ACARS
25 legs, 59.2 hours event
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 11:46 ET by J.T. Coston
Just make sure the card will fit in your laptop, I know that heat will be an enormous issue when putting high power components in such a tight space. I would say a cooling pad is going to be a must have.


DVA255
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on August 19 2001
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

Mount Prospect, IL

281 legs, 946.6 hours
168 legs, 511.8 hours online
211 legs, 803.4 hours ACARS
15 legs, 56.1 hours event
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 11:49 ET by Garry Foster
Already have a cooling pad but you are right... I might need another cooling source like another internal fan thats stronger or something. not sure to be honest.
DVA8105
Captain, B747-400

Joined on December 20 2009
Century Club
Online Century Club
50 State Club

"Are you gangsters? No we are Russian"
Seattle, WA USA

180 legs, 627.7 hours
168 legs, 599.7 hours online
179 legs, 625.9 hours ACARS
2 legs, 5.0 hours event
407 legs, 1,136.9 hours total
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 12:11 ET by Matthew Kerby
I have a VAIO as well and already upgraded the RAM but I didn't think you could update the graphics card since it doesn't even really have one. Though mines about a year and a half old maybe newer ones do.

Let me know if it works because i'd love some me some better graphix too smile

Matthew Kerby

Captain, B747-400
DVA2318
Captain, B777-200
OLP
E-MAIL

Joined on May 01 2005
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

Detroit, MI

201 legs, 637.0 hours
177 legs, 600.7 hours online
191 legs, 622.5 hours ACARS
41 legs, 98.6 hours event
216 legs, 721.7 hours total
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 12:26 ET by Brandon Cruz
You just can't put a video card into a laptop. It's not like a desktop where you can just slap it on and expect it to run. The only laptop I know that lets you upgrade your graphics card is one of those 1.5 grand alienwares (high high end notebooks).

Otherwise the only other way to upgrade you laptop's video card is to buy a new laptop - which is why i hate them and have no respect for them.
DVA4295
Captain, B767-300

Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

Stratford, CT USA

212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs, 368.4 hours online
190 legs, 356.7 hours ACARS
3 legs, 6.7 hours event
19 legs dispatched, 10.0 hours
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 12:55 ET by John Alusik
laptops don't use the same type of video cards that desktops use. the only things that are upgradable in a laptop are the hard drive and ram. thats it.

John Alusik

Captain, B767-300
DVA255
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on August 19 2001
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

Mount Prospect, IL

281 legs, 946.6 hours
168 legs, 511.8 hours online
211 legs, 803.4 hours ACARS
15 legs, 56.1 hours event
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 13:19 ET by Garry Foster
Well I learned something new today fella's. Thanks for the input. I think when I come back from iraq I'll try and put together a good gaming desktop. Maybe I should switch to fs9 for my laptop lol I'm tired of fsx crashing all the time
DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours
 Posted onPost created on April 04 2010 13:43 ET by Michael Brown
Brandon Cruz wrote:

You just can't put a video card into a laptop. It's not like a desktop where you can just slap it on and expect it to run. The only laptop I know that lets you upgrade your graphics card is one of those 1.5 grand alienwares (high high end notebooks).

Otherwise the only other way to upgrade you laptop's video card is to buy a new laptop - which is why i hate them and have no respect for them.


LOL .... 1.5K is cheap for a "high-end" laptop



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