Recent content by Verinaut

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    A Lesson in Laptop GPUs

    @Construkt Thanks for the feedback! Can you explain what the difference is between a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot on a laptop, versus one that comes on a desktop mobo? If the only difference is the required power and cooling, I'm happy to buy a larger power supply and fan.
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    A Lesson in Laptop GPUs

    Well, if you actually read what I posted, you'd know that it's an Intel HM57 chipset and I've already linked the manual http://www.orbitmicro.com/download/resources/JNF98-QM57_manual.pdf EDIT: You totally didn't say anything about the chipset/mobo, my bad! Just woke up. I plan to take the...
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    A Lesson in Laptop GPUs

    Ok, but a PCIe slot is a PCIe slot, right? I know there are cards that will plug into that. Will the CPU just not work with it or what?
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    A Lesson in Laptop GPUs

    I've been a software engineer for a long time now and I'm only just getting into the hardware side of things and it is AWESOME. Unfortunately my enthusiasm is dwarfed by my ignorance, so please bear with me if this is a stupid question. I've got an old Dell XPS L501x and I thought I would pull...