Inspiron 8500 upgradable videocard?

Thanks for the info do you have any idea how much ram is on each card?

There are three cards that you can use:

ATI Radeon 9000
nVidia 5650
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo

The last of these requires a hardware modification, as it runs hot and will otherwise cause your system to shut down. Even on the other two, the modification is a good idea.

The video cards must come from Dell or a Dell parts seller; they're proprietary in design.

Modification instructions:

http://www.bay-wolf.com/8500video.htm

and

http://www.bay-wolf.com/8500videoheat.htm

The ATI 9600 has the most - 128M. The others are 64M max.

Thanks,
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