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I have a Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505 laptop. I ordered it several years ago. It uses an onboard video chip.

Is it possible to upgrade the video card on this laptop using an expansion card?

I've searched dell.com and asked Dell support. Dell support was vague and unwilling to provide an answer. It's difficult to find an answer to this question, because Dell sometimes calls this model an 'e1505', and sometimes calls this model a '6400'.

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You cannot normally upgrade the graphics card on a laptop as most don't have card slots of any type. I have seen a few oversize docking stations that include a card slot. I had one for a Dell Precisions series that had a PCI slot, but I never tried a graphics card in. But the docking stations are not really portable and I certainly did not carry it with me. I only used at my desk.

You might get a small improvement by upgrading your graphics drivers. other then that, your only choice maybe to get a new PC.

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Yes, you can upgrade it. The e15050 and 6400 are pretty much the same but 6400 was a business model. The best video card it will support is an ATI X1400.

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Do you have a link to verify this? I didn't see any slots last time I opened the case, but I could be wrong. – Stefan Lasiewski Oct 13 '10 at 4:06
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