What low-end graphic cards can I use? PCI? CardBus? PCMIA? Confused..

[RBwa]

Hello All!

I have a Toshiba P105-S6004 laptop and I am running Windows 7 32 bit, 4GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo T2600 @2.1 GHz.

Not impressive, but it's what I can afford.

According to the http://support.toshiba.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=1340595&isFromTOCLink=false official system specs, the expansions options are:

1 PC Card slot support 1 Type II, PCMCIA R2.01, PC Card16,

CardBus

•

ExpressCard slot supporting Ex

pressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54

According to the explanation from http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/1-pc-card-slot-support-1-type-ii-pcmcia-r2-01-pc-card16-106937.html this link, I should be able to expand to PMCIA, Express Card or Card Bus 16.

Also, the chipset: http://ark.intel.com/products/27857/Intel-82945GM-Graphics-and-Memory-Controller Intel 945GM, says that it can be expanded as well:

PCI Express Revision1.1PCI Express Configurations ‡1x16

, but isn't that for desktops only?

If Card Bus 16 is the equivalent of a desktop, I can then use a desktop graphic card, or a graphic card at the very least, right?

Or a PCI, PMCIA, some sort of graphic card, right?

What starter graphic cards can I use? After I test it out, I can upgrade and go fancier.

[DArce]

You should check directly with your laptop manufacturer to actually see what expansion capabilities your system has and also check with a video card manufacturer to see if they offer a product that would fit in the interfaces available for your system. As you may know, we do not manufacture or provide add-in video cards for laptop/desktop computers.