Completed My Laptop on DRUGS[steroids?]! (must see)

[_dangtx_]

also, cant you swithc between primary and secondary like if you had 2 pci-e cards to booth from? :)

[mo' power]

That's a pretty wicked mod. The force is strong with this one...

[supaflyx3]

my laptop has 3 pci-e slots, im tempted.

[Thund3rball]

Ha ha nice! Good job Cowboy.

[Gamerextreme]

yeah bro count me its wicked man

[Cowboy]

Yeah thanks for all the comments guys!

In response to SSwilson, when I revert back from the external, the internal video card (my hd4200) shows up as an "unknown" video device and once enabled the ATi catalyst drivers kick in and inform me that its an hd4200. And then I'm back to normal.

The 1x link didn't really bother me since I was expecting a pretty hefty performance drop-off, imagine my delight when it was a LOT LOT lower than what I though it would be. Think about it: at a 1x 2.0 link, I'm still getting 50% of the performance of the card EVEN with my (admittedly) shoddy cpu (AMD Athlon II M320 2.1 ghz). And I've done a lot of reading about bandwidth and apparently the hd5xxx series of cards uses bandwidth extremely well (better than any other generation of cards) and since power consumption and integrated audio over HDMI were both a concern for me, the hd5750 made perfect sense for a project like this.

After all, how many laptops under $700 have a 3dmark06 of 8.5k?

[Cowboy]

anybody interested in buying a setup like this? I'm ready to move on to something else :) and I need funds to do it.

[martin_metal_88]

If you want idea for a project try to make a HP laptop screen on a desktop:P i'll be interested in that since I have a DV6704 spare screen laying here:D

[Cowboy]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

If you want idea for a project try to make a HP laptop screen on a desktop:P i'll be interested in that since I have a DV6704 spare screen laying here:D

That wouldn't be possible because laptop screens use a totally different interface from standard vga or dvi and I've tried and failed to find an adapter online.

I'm sure it can be done, but without an adapter I wouldn't try it.

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by Cowboy

That wouldn't be possible because laptop screens use a totally different interface from standard vga or dvi and I've tried and failed to find an adapter online.

I'm sure it can be done, but without an adapter I wouldn't try it.

ah:( then I go backto my lair and wait for some worm to feed me:)