Don't call me crazy for thinking this, but are external AGP/PCI ports possible?

Nintendo Maniac 64 Not dead, just a lurker	Don't call me crazy for thinking this, but are e... « on: May 21, 2006, 09:11:01 pm »
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	I was wondering if there's some way of taking an AGP or PCI port out of a PC and hooking it up to a laptop via internally or externally so that I could use a decent video card. Sounds crazy doesn't it? What it is, is that I'm going to go to NYC in like 3 weeks, and we won't be able to take our van with the TV, so I can't play N64 or GCN and stuff. So I was thinking about taking my laptop with me and playing some PC games instead. But because my laptop doesn't have a working screen, I was going to use the LCD screen off of my friend's old laptop (it's like 10 years old >_>). It'd probably be a low resolution screen (like 640x480 ) but it's better than nothing. The problem is that my laptop's integrated 4MB of video RAM is NOWHERE near enough to really play anything. And since I can't really spend any money except for maybe around $10-$15, I need to use one of my PC video cards some how. And BTW, when I go to NYC, I'll be going to the Nintendo World store sometime, so if I can get my friend's screen to work, I'll update you local NYC-ers in NYC when I'll be there so maybe you can meet up with me! « Last Edit: May 21, 2006, 10:13:33 pm by Nintendo Maniac 64 » Logged
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Alex2539	Re: Don't call me crazy for thinking this, but a... « Reply #1 on: May 21, 2006, 09:19:24 pm »
Huzzowee! Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 571	I suppose it's technically possible... no clue how though Logged
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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2006, 09:58:53 am »

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I havent seen any seperate PCI-e or any connectors. I doubt its possible, first of the all theres no way they fit on the motherboard of a laptop since it has a different and much smaller build.

You would have to take a look in shops to see if that excists, but I seriously doubt it, since a videocard is tied right where the connection to the monitor is, and with laptops theres no seperate screen at all.

Do I get this right, youre gonna hook YOUR laptop to someones ELSES laptap to use the screen, and then you have ANOTHER videocard to connect to YOUR laptop, that displays it to that other laptop where the screen works.

Ok dude, thats NEVER going to work.

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Nintendo Maniac 64 Not dead, just a lurker	Re: Don't call me crazy for thinking this, but a... « Reply #3 on: May 22, 2006, 01:58:57 pm »
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	nonono... I mearly replacing the LCD screen of mine with a different one. >_> Logged
ニンテンドーマニアック64 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 590	ZFGC's resident straight-male kuutsundere (because just "tsundere" makes people think of "Shana clones" shivers) Fate/stay night-related and other extended music loops: http://www.youtube.com/user/nintendomaniac64 CPU + iGPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.6GHz／1.281v RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 OS: Windows 7 SP1 x64

???Azkridth???	Re: Don't call me crazy for thinking this, but a... « Reply #4 on: May 23, 2006, 04:53:21 pm »
Audio Engineer Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 73	Or you can also create some sort of AGP-USB thingy if you know electronics . You know, buy some AGP slot and a wire, and a USB male connector, . Meh Logged

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