video card

whiteashcm1 · October 23rd, 2003, 01:16 PM

i have a dell inspirion 8500 with the 64 mg nvidia geforce4 4200go video card. can any body tell me if the 128mg card from the dell 8600 will work in the 8500? i know dell makes alot of there laptops with pin compatable video cards but i dont know if it will work since the 8600 uses the pentium m processor. will the ati radeon 9000 64mg card plug in as well? any help or advice would be much appreciated. help pls!!!

**EvilRick** · October 23rd, 2003, 01:42 PM

Looking at the upgrade options for the Inspiron 8500, they offer a 32MB 9000, but not a 64MB version. I would imagine that if the pins match up, then you probably would be okay to try the card in it. If it were me, I would, but only if it weren't under warranty.

The CPU shouldn't matter which video card is in it.

whiteashcm1 · October 23rd, 2003, 02:48 PM

thanks for the advice i will check into it. maybe i will give it a try. thanks

Contemplating · October 26th, 2003, 01:34 AM

I've seen the gf 5750 (I think that's the number) 128mb on ebay and they advertise that the bios in the I8500 supports it. Either way good luck with that!