NVIDIA MXM Graphic Module

[jimmyl930]

HardOCP- NVIDIA's MXM Graphic Module
This is basically a PCI-EXPRESS slot (NVIDIA proprietary) for your notebook. ATI should reveal their specification for an upgradable video slot soon.

Laptops with this slot are expected in the 2nd half of 2004.

 

[Bateluer]

ATI's mobile chips have been user upgradeable since the Radeon Mobility 9000 . . . and pin compatible since the first Radeon Mobility U1.

What I would like to see is a standard on mobile graphics cards, not chips. This way you could put a standard ATI/Nvidia mobile chip in any notebook.

Probably not really realistic though, given the thermal issues with notebooks.

 

[Evilkoala13]

this is a standard card. too bad it'll probably take too long to implement and ati won't do it cause it would be like a slap in the face to them. still, it's a nice thought.

 

[mrwxyz]

doesnt alienware already have some user upgradable solution in place already