Radeon and G450 PCI

[AndyMM]

I have just bought a laptop with a built in Radeon Mobility 7500. The docking station has a PCI slot which IBM tells me can be used for a Video Card.

Has anyone run a Radeon as the primary with a Gxxx PCI for the 2 and 3rd screens ? Does it work ?

TIA
Andy

[Slougi]

don't double post. In general that's a bad idea.

It should work ok, I don't see why not.

[AndyMM]

I thought they were 2 seperate forums ? Sorry I am only used to usenet not this web based stuff :-)

IBM have also said it should work but I wanted to find out for sure before spending about 600GBP (nearly 1000USD)

Thanks
Andy

[Gurm]

How much video memory is in the laptop? The G450 will provide a nice crisp output, but for just about everything else the Radeon 7500 (even mobility) is superior, unless it has shared memory or only 16mb or something.

- Gurm

[AndyMM]

32MB. The display is fine though not as good on a CRT as my 400Max. It is more the fact that I want a 2 or 3 screen set up than the quality of the laptop display.
The thinkpad was rated as having the best display quality on the market, I have to say it is very good but I would like to have my extra screen space when it is docked at home.

Andy