Do laptop gaming video chipsets have shared video memory or dedicated?

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I've always wondered if laptops with supposed high-end, gaming video
chipsets have dedicated video memory or shared (DIME?) AGP memory. I
remember when mobile gaming video chipsets first came out there was a lot of
rumors that they would be upgradeable as well. So are there any laptop video
chipsets that have upgradeable GPU's?
 
Doug said:
I've always wondered if laptops with supposed high-end, gaming video
chipsets have dedicated video memory or shared (DIME?) AGP memory. I
remember when mobile gaming video chipsets first came out there was a lot
of rumors that they would be upgradeable as well. So are there any laptop
video chipsets that have upgradeable GPU's?
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All the higher end stuff has dedicated DDR on the graphics card. Some have
upgradeable cards. The latest edition of Maximum PC has a number of decent
reviews of current high end laptops with graphics benchmarks.
 
My Compaq R4000 has 128 megs of dedicated DDR video memory. It was a $19
upgrade from 32 megs of shared memory..it was a no brainer.

I think Alienware laptops have upgradeable GPU's...of course at $2500-$3500
it should upgrade itself :)
 
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