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topota
Visor
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posted 02-24-2001 12:59 AM

I have an IBM 390E Laptop (Pentium II, 64M RAM), i installed QuakeII in it and it run decently. I would now like to install QuakeIII but found out that the 390E does not have the video card required to run QIII. Are there any PCMCIA video cards (or any video cards) available for this laptop computer so i can install and run QIII properly?

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Snag
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posted 02-24-2001 04:32 AM

never heard of a pcmcia video card...nVidia however has an offshoot of the GeForce 2 called the GeForce2 Go. HOWEVER, I believe this is only available in Toshiba laptops since they were partners in this one. I could be wrong on Toshiba's exclusivity...BUT, that is the impression I get since the gpu would have to be part of onboard video.

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Lindi
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posted 02-24-2001 06:24 AM

I really don't know anything about laptops, but I think that most of the vidcards are integrated and you can't change them.

High end graphics accelerators are rare in laptops, I think because of their relatively high battery/power consumption.

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Mutley
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posted 02-26-2001 03:48 PM

pcmcia video card.... Hehehe, sniker, sniker

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grumpy
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posted 02-27-2001 03:46 AM

i think ati makes a few chips,
but they suck arse
you should stick with nvidia's go

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