Vuraniute@thelemmy.club to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoposting this from a thinkpad instead of my main pc just for the memethelemmy.clubimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1677arrow-down125
arrow-up1652arrow-down1imageposting this from a thinkpad instead of my main pc just for the memethelemmy.clubVuraniute@thelemmy.club to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squarereallynotnick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoMXM GPUs never really caught on, and nobody builds their own laptop, it’s just not a thing like it is with desktops. Best option if you want upgradable graphics would be an external Thunderbolt dock, but even then there are plenty of caveats there.
minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI looked into them, too. But at the time I wasn’t sure enough this would actually work well. If I’m buying a graphics card for , I don’t want 30% of the juice going down the drain because it’s external.
MXM GPUs never really caught on, and nobody builds their own laptop, it’s just not a thing like it is with desktops.
Best option if you want upgradable graphics would be an external Thunderbolt dock, but even then there are plenty of caveats there.
I looked into them, too. But at the time I wasn’t sure enough this would actually work well. If I’m buying a graphics card for , I don’t want 30% of the juice going down the drain because it’s external.