Add or upgrade graphics card ?

Is it possible to add / upgrade graphics card on a Touchsmart 610 -1010uk , so I can play games like Black ops. Its currently got Intel HD graphics card.
Thanks.

Did you manage to answer this?
I'm thinking to do the same.
Kevin

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Can i add a video graphics card to the HP TouchSmart 420t

I just purhased an HP Touchsmart 420T and I'd like to know if I can add a video graphics card?

This is the same answer that has been given for every model over the past 3 years and continues to be the case.
For all intent the graphics cards in the Touchsmart desktops are NOT upgradable, even with a "standard" MXM card since the motherboard and BIOS are custom made for HP and do not support additional non-HP graphics cards and their firmware/BIO

Can I upgrade graphics card of my Laptop?

Hi folks,
I want to know whether I can upgrade graphics card of my laptop.
Now a days most of the high end games are not
working in my laptop and I'm pretty disappointed.
Please let me know whether I can do that. My laptop model is
HP Pavillion DV5 1106AX.
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Hi:
Unfortunately in most of today's notebooks (including yours), the graphics cannot be upgraded.
I looked at the service manual for your notebook, and there aren't even any other motherboards with better graphics available.
You can try the latest drivers from AMD to see if that helps, any but you can't do anything with the hardware.
Paul

Is it possible to add a new graphics card to my macbook pro 2011 13"

Is it possible to add a new graphics card to my macbook pro 2011 13"?

Hi W,
Sorry, but no. It's soldered onto the logic board.

Is it possible to upgrade Graphic Card on Laptop?

Hello There,
I have G560 Lenovo Laptop, Intel (R) Core i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40 Ghz, Intel(R) HD Graphics, i would like to upgrade graphic card on my Laptop.
now my question is, is it possible to update Graphic card to Nvidia Latest GTX? if yes what graphic card will support my system?
your feedback is highly appreciated...Thank you in advance....
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The Y560p also has a fixed GPU, which can't be upgraded.
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Can I upgrade graphics card of my HP Pavilion g6-1301tx Notebook PC?

Hi folks,
I want to know whether I can upgrade graphics card of my laptop. (like AMD to nvidia graphic card).
Now a days most of the high end games are not
working in my laptop and I'm pretty disappointed.
Please let me know whether I can do that. My laptop model is HP Pavilion g6-1301tx Notebook PC
Product Name g6-1301tx
Product Number A3V67PA
Microprocessor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i3-2350M
Microprocessor Cache 3 MB L3 cache
Memory 2 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Memory Max Supports up to 8 GB DDR3
Video Graphics AMD Radeon HD 7450M (1 GB DDR3 dedicated)
Display 15.6" HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)
Hard Drive 500 GB SATA (5400 rpm)
Multimedia Drive SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Network Card Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity Bluetooth 802.11 b/g/n
Sound Altec Lansing speakers SRS Premium Sound
Keyboard Notebook keyboard with home roll keys
Pointing Device TouchPad with on/off button and support for multitouch gestures
PC Card Slots Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader for Secure Digital cards & Multimedia cards
External Ports
1 VGA
1 Headphone-out (Stereo)
1 Microphone-in
3 USB 2.0
1 RJ45
Dimensions 37.4 x 24.5 x 3.63 cm
Weight Starting at 2.3 kg
Power 90W AC Power Adapter 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
What's In The Box HP Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone (VGA)
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Hi:
Graphics adapters cannot be upgraded simply.
You would need to replace the motherboard with one that would have better graphics (if one exists for your model).
This would cost as much as buying a new notebook, so it is probably not a good idea to undertake such an endeavor.

Can I add a second graphics card?

I have an older G$ Quicksilver with a 32MB Geforce2 MX display card. I want to add a second vga monitor in pan mode to display one program while the other monitor displays another program. Can I add a second GeForce2 MX 32MB AGP card to accomplish this? Or do I need a more powerful card to replace the one I have?

You can't add a second AGP card (there is only one AGP slot on the motherboard). You could add a PCI graphics card, but you will get much better performance by replacing your current AGP card with one that supports two monitors. There are various options depending on whether you have a display using ADC, how much performance you want, and price.
If you need ADC and don't want to buy a DVI to ADC adapter, you can look for a used Macintosh NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX Twinview or NVIDIA GeForce 4 Titanium. These don't support Core Video, so will not be able to take advantage of some features and speed improvements in Tiger.
If you don't need ADC, or get a DVI to ADC adapter, you can get much better performance. The best (but expensive) is the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition 256MB. It has a DVI and a VGA port.
A lot cheaper, and a bit slower, is the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro Power Mac G5 edition, modified to work in a G4 Quicksilver. See:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/630ATI96G4/>
With this card you will need an ADC to VGA adapter to run your second monitor. The other port is DVI.
Beware of the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro PC & Mac Edition 256MB card. It will not work in some Quicksilver modes.

What upgrade graphic card do i need for a early 2008 mac pro

I have a early 2008 Mac Pro. ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB is what i have now. What is a good upgrade graphic card to get.

The GTX 780 6GB runs fine on the dual PCIe internal power cables -- as does the GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7950. The same can't be said of the GTX TITAN or GTX 780 Ti or Radeon R9 280X -- all of which require an auxiliary power feed to avoid a nasty power down of your tower at the worst moment when too much wattage is demanded of the Mac Pro's factory power supply.
Did I mention that the GTX 780 with 6GB of GDDR5 matches the 6GB of GDDR5 in the TITAN?
The one fallacy to my 'sweet spot' award has to do with OpenCL. In case you hadn't noticed, the AMD Radeon GPUs smoked the NVIDIA GeForce GPUs running Photoshop's OpenCL accelerated Iris Blur filter and rendering LuxMark's OpenCL accelerated Room scene.
- http://www.barefeats.com
So depends on budget, whether you want a PC card for less but no "early EFI boot screen" prior to drivers loading, and what apps and needs you have.
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Upgrading graphic card on HP DC 8300 CMT

Dear HP,
I try to upgrade graphic card, on HP DC 8300 CMT (Intel® Core™ i7-3770 Processor, Intel HD Graphics 4000 )
with Nvidia Asus GeForce GTX 650 Ti.
As stock power supply doesnt meet requirements, I installed an additional FSP Group Booster X5 450W.
Once I turn PC on, it reboots 3 times, and eventually it continues to use onboard graphic and windows 7 loads as usual .
like if new graphic card is not present. (not detected by windows)
Bios version is latest and particular option for disableing integrated graphic is grayed out- not accessible.
Is there any explanation why this happens ?
On DC 8100 sff It automaticaly disabled onboard graphic, altough it was low consumption Radeon HD 7750 Low Profile card, and there was no any problem.
Regards.

Hello logicomyu,
Thank you for participating on the forums.
It seems like you have a business product on your hands and these forums are conditioned for support with consumer products.
For better exposure, you might want to repost this topic on the business forums located here.
There may be users on this community that can help you, so check back here at your own convenience to check for updates.
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Pavillion h8-1120 issues with upgrading graphics card

Trying to upgrade graphics card - the bios can not be updated???

Hi Duits03..
I found your BIOS here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5156...
Direct link for BIOS Download:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp56001-56500/sp56122.exe
What seems to be the problem exactly ?? Are u not able to find the BIOS or are you not able to update ??

Upgrade graphics card, or add second monitor?

I have an Aperture rebate that needs to be used by the end of this month, but what to spend it on?
I have a dual core 2.3 G5 PM with the stock 6600 graphics card. What would be the better choice, upgrade that graphics card (I have some questions on that, below) or add a second 20" ACD?
Questions on cards:
1. The Apple Store is offering two PCI-e cards that appear on the Aperture recommended list: the 7300GT and the X1900XT, but the store says that they're for the Mac Pro. Will they work in a PCI-e PM anyway, or are they really only for Intel boxes?
2. The 7300GT is cheaper than the 6600. Que?
Colour me unadventurous, but I don't really want to get into flashing cards, or buying unsupported cards (not that I could f=do that from Apple anyway.)
With respect to the second monitor route, anyone had any experience with two 20" ACDs and the 6600? Other than it may be a bit pants with Aperture, what is your experience?
I'm not an Aperture hard core user, in fact I've found it difficult to whip up much enthusiasm for using it at all until recently, so I don't need a killer card like the 4500.

As far as I know there is NO graphics card
upgrade for G5 towers in the Apple Store.
Thanks, that looks like a card upgrade from the store is a no-go then.
Radeon X800XT,
According to the store, that's AGP.
Looks like my options on the rebate are:
1. second monitor
2. Shure earphones to replace the cruddy ipod ones
3. do nothing and donate the money to Steve's retirement fund.
Not sure how well a second ACD would work with Aperture and my 6600, or whether I want to give Apple another CHF880. And I don't think Steve needs the money.

Want to add Video and Graphic Card to my computer system

I Notice that one of the users' in the Apple discussion Board is Listed, (AndyO) he has help me many times in the Past and was succesful in my problrm solution, would he might be able to help me with this?
I had Purchased the Game Spore Creature Creator the Starter Kit which is just the Creature creator game and not the actual game itself. I wasn't able to install the the game on my computer because I don't have the right or not at all Video and Graphic Card install on my computer. I had Contacted the Company "EA" that puts out the Game Spore, this is what they said what the game requirements are: The minimum system requirements for Spore and Spore the Galactic Edition for Mac are as follows:
* Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
* Intel Core Duo Processor
* 1024 MB RAM
* At least 345 MB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for created creatures. (260 MB for the Trial Edition)
* Video Card - ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac).
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least: an Intel Integrated Chipset GMA X3100 or Dual 2.0GHz CPUs, or 1.7GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
Supported Video Cards
ATI Radeon(TM) series
* X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600
NVIDIA GeForce series
* 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800
Intel(R) Extreme Graphics
* GMA X3100
and that I need to upgrade my system. Basically I need; ATI Radeon 1600 or NVIDIA Geforce 7300 and a INTEL Extreme Graphic Video Card-GMA X3100, in order to be able to install and play this game. Since I already have this game, I would like to be able to upgrade my computer system which brings me to ask; does somone know or refer me to a web site that has and sells these Video and Graphic Card and supports for the Mini Mac?
Plus they say that I need a 1020 of MB of Ram, I Have already found that 1024 MB of Ram but I just need those Video and Graphic Cards for my computer system. I am adding my computer system Profile to my discussion board to show you what I have on my system, would you be able to tell me if I would be able to add these Video and Graphic card and the memory or Ram 1024 to my computer system?
Note: Here is a web site that I am looking at to add the 1024 MB of Ram to my computer system:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=24188 41&CatId=2453
what do you think?
Here is part a copy info of my computer system Profile:
Trisha Foster’s Mac mini
10/10/08 5:39 PM
Hardware:
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Model Identifier: Macmini2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MM21.009A.B00
SMC Version: 1.19f2
Serial Number: YM8073Q**
Network:
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BSD Device Name: en1
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Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
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FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 00:1f:5b:3e:ce:93
Media Options:
Media Subtype: Auto Select
Bluetooth:
Type: PPP (PPPSerial)
Hardware: Modem
BSD Device Name: Bluetooth-Modem
IPv4:
Configuration Method: PPP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
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Type: Ethernet
Hardware: Ethernet
BSD Device Name: en0
IPv4 Addresses: 192.168.1.102
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Configuration Method: DHCP
Interface Name: en0
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Router: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
DNS:
Domain Name: cruzio.com
Server Addresses: 74.220.64.45, 74.220.64.55
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Domain Name: cruzio.com
Domain Name Servers: 74.220.64.45,74.220.64.55
Lease Duration (seconds): 0
DHCP Message Type: 0x05
Routers: 192.168.1.1
Server Identifier: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 00:16:cb:af:11:7f
Media Options: Full Duplex, flow-control
Media Subtype: 100baseTX
FireWire:
Type: FireWire
Hardware: FireWire
BSD Device Name: fw0
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 00:1f:5b:ff:fe:17:17:2a
Media Options: Full Duplex
Media Subtype: Auto Select
Software:
System Software Overview:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
Kernel Version: Darwin 9.5.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: Trisha Foster’s Mac mini
User Name: Trisha Foster (tiger)
Time since boot: 59 minutes
ATA:
ATA Bus:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K06:
Capacity: 423.4 MB
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K06
Revision: Q614
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Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk2
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: Yes
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Partition Map Type: Unknown
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Volumes:
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Capacity: 368.7 MB
Media Type: CD-ROM
Writable: No
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BSD Name: disk2s0
Mount Point: /Volumes/SPORE
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Device ID: 0x83847680
Audio ID: 8
Available Devices:
Headphone:
Connection: Combo
Speaker:
Connection: Internal
Line In:
Connection: Combo
S/P-DIF Out:
Connection: Combo
S/P-DIF In:
Connection: Combo
Bluetooth:
Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 2.1.0f17
Hardware Settings:
Trisha Foster’s Mac mini:
Address: 00-1f-5b-72-12-aa
Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio
Firmware Version: 3.1965 (3.1965)
Bluetooth Power: On
Discoverable: Yes
HCI Version: 3 ($3)
HCI Revision: 1965 ($7ad)
LMP Version: 3 ($3)
LMP Subversion: 1965 ($7ad)
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device Type (Complete): Macintosh Desktop
Composite Class Of Device: 3154180 ($302104)
Device Class (Major): 1 ($1)
Device Class (Minor): 1 ($1)
Service Class: 385 ($181)
Requires Authentication: No
Services:
Bluetooth File Transfer:
Folder other devices can browse: ~/Public
Requires Authentication: Yes
State: Enabled
Bluetooth File Exchange:
Folder for accepted items: ~/Downloads
Requires Authentication: No
When other items are accepted: Ask
When PIM items are accepted: Ask
When receiving items: Prompt for each file
State: Enabled
Incoming Serial Ports:
Serial Port 1:
Name: Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
RFCOMM Channel: 3
Requires Authentication: No
Outgoing Serial Ports:
Serial Port 1:
Address:
Name: Bluetooth-Modem
RFCOMM Channel: 0
Requires Authentication: No
Diagnostics:
Power On Self-Test:
Last Run: 10/10/08 4:41 PM
Result: Passed
Disc Burning:
TEAC CD-W540E:
Firmware Revision: 1.0F
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Supported Drive)
Cache: 8192 KB
Reads DVD: No
CD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
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Firmware Revision: Q614
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
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Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No
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Model: 0x42A258
GUID: 0x1D200500648AF
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Intel GMA 950:
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Type: Display
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory
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Device ID: 0x27a2
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
L1916HW:
Resolution: 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Memory:
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Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
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Serial Number: 0x0000**
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Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
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Part Number: 0x48594D503536345336344350362D59352020
Serial Number: 0x00001*
Power:
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AC Power:
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Sleep On Power Button: Yes
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On LAN: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
Printers:
Canon MP830:
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 4.8.3
Default: Yes
URI: usb://Canon/MP830?serial=19702D
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Serial-ATA:
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Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH7-M AHCI
Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
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Revision: SBDAC7MP
Serial Number: SB2EF9L7G3**
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Queue Depth: 32
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Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
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S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
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Writable: Yes
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BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
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Version: 94.15
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Version: 25.10
Bus Power (mA): 100
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Logitech
Product ID: 0xc50e
Vendor ID: 0x046d
Apple Keyboard:
Version: 0.69
Bus Power (mA): 100
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc
Product ID: 0x0220
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
iPod:
Version: 0.01
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Product ID: 0x0606
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Version: 0.01
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Mount Point: /Volumes/miniStack
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Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
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Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI
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PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0x1d
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Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI
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PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0x5d
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Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI
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PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0x7d
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Version: 19.65
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Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc.
Product ID: 0x8205
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IR Receiver:
Version: 1.10
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Computer, Inc.
Product ID: 0x8240
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
AirPort Card:
AirPort Card Information:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x86)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: 1.4.4
Current Wireless Network: Trisha's iPod
Wireless Channel: 11
Firewall:
Firewall Settings:
Mode: Allow all incoming connections
Locations:
Automatic:
Active Location: Yes
Services:
AirPort:
Type: IEEE80211
BSD Device Name: en1
Hardware (MAC) Address: 00:1f:5b:3e:ce:93
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
AppleTalk:
Configuration Method: Node
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
IEEE80211:
Join Mode: Automatic
JoinModeFallback: Prompt
PowerEnabled: 1
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SecurityType: Open
SSID_STR: Apple Store
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SecurityType: Open
SSID_STR: linksys
Unique Network ID: F2551FD6-95A7-4F98-9F7F-758A89DBD931
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Type: PPP
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Configuration Method: PPP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
PPP:
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Display Terminal Window: No
Redial Count: 1
Redial Enabled: Yes
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Use Terminal Script: No
Dial On Demand: No
Disconnect On Fast User Switch: Yes
Disconnect On Idle: Yes
Disconnect On Idle Time: 600
Disconnect On Logout: Yes
Disconnect On Sleep: Yes
Idle Reminder: No
Idle Reminder Time: 1800
IPCP Compression VJ: Yes
LCP Echo Enabled: No
LCP Echo Failure: 4
LCP Echo Interval: 10
Log File: /var/log/ppp.log
Verbose Logging: No
Ethernet:
Type: Ethernet
BSD Device Name: en0
Hardware (MAC) Address: 00:16:cb:af:11:7f
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
AppleTalk:
Configuration Method: Node
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
FireWire:
Type: FireWire
BSD Device Name: fw0
Hardware (MAC) Address: 00:1f:5b:ff:fe:17:17:2a
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
Can someone Please help me with any suggestions or otherwisde I will have to go to a Apple store and ask for help there.
Thank You,
Trisha Foster
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Hi Trisha,
The only modern Mac's with video cards are the Mac Pro and Xserve (server) systems. They both are priced quite a bit higher than any Mac Mini.
Some systems, like the Mac Book Pro laptop can be ordered with different graphics cards, but that has be done when the system is built, as it is not replaceable once the system is built. To find out which systems, go to store.apple.com. For each system that you select, you can see if there's an option for a better video card.
David

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I have an iMac 24-inch, Early 2009 3,06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Ram.
1. I didn't see much of an increase in speed when I upraded my ram from 4 to 8GB, why is that?
2. I've ordered a graphics intensive game (Battlefield 3), I haven't yet recieved it but my friends tell me I'm dead in the water with this setup. The graphics card is not going to handle the games graphics (NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 512 MB). I suspect they're on the money and I'm be crying this one out.
Here's the question : Is there anything decent I can do to my machine that will give me a fighting chance, like upgrade my graphics card to some beast on steriods? or am I just going to have to come to terms with the fact that these machines (Macs) really are beautiful and seem to last for ever making fantastic paper weights after just a couple of years.
I know what am I thinking?! 2009?!! fork out another couple K for a new soon to be old machine "-
Give me hope guys I love my Mac -

The only iMacs that you can replace and upgrade the GPU are the 2009, 2010, 2011 to present 27 inch models.
Smaller screen models have the GPU soldered to the logic board and are, definitely, not user upgradeable/replaceable.
Though, this is no easy task and not for a newbie or novice at upgrading internals of any computer.
You've maxed the RAM out in your 24 inch model, too.
I am afraid your friends are right.
If you are into heavy gaming, your iMac isn't going to cut it.
Without newer CPU, GPU and RAM, you're limited to what you can do.
I think with heavy gaming, RAM and GPU can be more of a priority.
New High end iMacs with maxed out component features will do the job well, but add to the expense with faster CPU's and GPU's. iMacs weren't designed to be the best computer for gaming anyhow unless you spend a lot cash for all of the option goodies.
You could try looking at either refurbished iMacs on the Apple site for an iMac that has better specs or try Apple Authorized resellers to see if there are used iMacs that they have for sale that will meet your specs. They will be, somewhat, cheaper than buying a brand new iMac.
If all you do is gaming, then you're right an iMac won't last you long as it it seems gaming technologies advance more quickly than any other software/hardware development.
I don't do any heavy gaming on my 2009 27 inch iMac, but expect to be able to use and still have a useful iMac for another 4-6 years, or so.
Sorry for the bad news.

Upgrading graphics card in Emac

hi, i recently got hold of a copy of motion but to use it i need to upgrade my graphics card, can i do this on me emac? and if i cant do it internaly can i have it in a external enclosure? cheers,Dan

hi, i recently got hold of a copy of motion but to
use it i need to upgrade my graphics card, can i do
this on me emac?
No. eMacs and iMacs and laptops and Mac minis all come with video cards built into the motherboard. None of them have any slots to add a new video card. The video card you get with the machine is the video card you have for the life of the machine.
and if i cant do it internaly can i
have it in a external enclosure?
No. Only desktop PowerMacs have video cards which can be upgraded or replaced.
cheers,Dan

Upgrading graphics card in 2008 2.8 ghz 8-core

I'd like to upgrade the graphics card on my Mac Pro - currently using the ATI Radeon HD 2600 that came with the system. I'm thinking about the HD 4870 or the GT 120. The most graphics intensive programs I use are Adobe CS4 and some video games. Most of my games are at least a couple years old and don't require anything too powerful. They all run pretty well now, but are a little choppy at times and you can really hear the graphics card working. So I think the GT 120 would probably be sufficient, but I'm interested to know what others think. I don't have a use for the Mini DisplayPort and do currently use two monitors, so I would want to add this card to my setup rather than replace the old one. Will this work with only one double-wide PCI slot? Currently, slot 3 is taken by an e-Sata card but slots 2 and 4 are available. If I use two graphics cards, do they share the GPU load or is it primarily placed on one of them?
Would having the HD 4870 be substantially better than both the HD 2600 and the GT 120? I also use windows through Boot Camp, would there be any issues with either of these setups? Thanks.

Why keep two (completely different) cards in the system when you're not using them?
GPU load is never shared, you can couple two video cards of _exactly the same brand and type_ in PC's (if the cards support it!), but that won't work in a Mac.
The most you'll get out of it, especially if you're only using one, is trouble.
The HD 4870 will be the best deal, the GT 120 is already quite slow for most of the newer games...

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