Hello, I need some help finding a graphics card for my netbook. It's a Hp dm1z and has a relatively small, slow integrated graphics card. I'm looking for a PCI Express 1.0 2.0, 75W power supply, 240mm long (I'm American, metric does not compute). Sounds like a strange combination but it's the requirement for the ViDock 3 I'm buying.
Think of it like a dual-carriageway. You have two lanes of traffic, each going at the same speed. Suddenly, the dual-carriageway turns into a single-carriageway, and all traffic on one of the lanes has to get into the now single lane. This will slow things down immensely.
Your netbook will likely have a very low end processor, such as an Intel Atom, Intel Pentium, AMD E-350/450 or AMD C-50. These simply will not be able to use the full power of a decent card, so you are limited to the very low end. You are limited further by the fact that you need a card that does not require supplementary power connectors, assuming you are using the lowest end model.
If you are buying the lowest end model, you will be limited to cards below (but not including) the AMD HD6700-series. These cards will then be bottlenecked by the interface, assuming it is USB. If it uses some other thing, like mPCIe/mSATA, it is unlikely your laptop will have one exposed.
Here's the link to the ViDock: http://www.villageinstruments.com/tiki-index.php?page=ViDock
Any help is appreciated
I'm not very computer savvy, can you explain further?
It's like putting racing seats in a Fiat 500.
Oh okay I see, and I just figured out that the ViDock also requires a Express Card slot so that's not gonna work for me without a tuner. Thanks anyway