Upgrading video card for Asus G50VT-X1? Possible?

Hi guys,

I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade the video card for the Asus G50VT-X1? I read on an older topic that the nvidia gtx 260m would possibly work. Does anyone know for sure? Or maybe have a suggestion for another video card?

Also, if I upgrade the video card do I also need to upgrade my memory as well? Sorry, I'm sort of new at this! Any help would be appreciated.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/446885-asus-g50-260m-swap-procedure.html
yes it works for sure, but I believe you need a 260 from another ASUS, like the G51/G60.

Memory as in RAM...HDD...vRAM?? No, to all of those, you could upgrade the card only, if you wanted to.

 

Thanks so much the help!

 

For confirmation, yes, you need an ASUS brand 260m. Others will not fit, at all.

 

Hey, I just registered here after seeing your post. I just bought the same lappy about 2 weeks ago. Got mine for $400 on craigslist with a Razer MMOG mouse, a creative 7.1 headset and other goodies (feeling pretty good about it).

More specifically, you need a 260m from a G51/G60 series only. Only the G51/G60 one will fit. I'm really sorry to say, I just got the best damn deal on eBay, getting a poorly labeled one at $99, not just gloating, look at the pic to see the exact one you need.
60-nv3g1000-d01 asus G60V video card | eBay

Sadly the only other one up is $500, so you can see why I jumped on buying it before being helpful here (sorry man, if I were you I would hate me right now). Hopefully another will come up soon.

PS: This also means my old card is about to be for sale. Good news is in the brief time I've had it, I couldn't resist flashing it to a 9800m GTS and it is one of the rare ones that runs perfectly once flashed and even overclocked. I have reached the 620/1550/900 ceiling with this card without artifacts at around 88C max. Not a huge upgrade for the OP, but anyone else who needs it, I'll sell a lot cheaper than those other .

 

Hi, I purchased a 1gb card for a g51 and it fits perfectly physically, but the laptop g50v but it won't recognize the card. Is there something else I need to do? I loaded all drivers but it won't recognize it no matter what I try. Help! Thanks!
Tim

 

I confirmed the new card is Rev 2.1. PN is 60-NV3VG1000-D01. I found the driver on GEFORCE NVIDIA site, it loads but then can't complete because it can't find the hardware. It should be compatible from everything I've read, so I'm thinking it's a bad card, but before I return it I wanted to see if there is anything I might have missed when swapping it. Any other settings I need to change? It's acting as if it just is not finding it at all. I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

 

Have you tried using a modified inf with a driver set from laptopvideo2go?

 

Hi, I have. The GEFORCE nvidia installer starts, then bails out with an error stating device driver cannot find hardware on this machine. So it leads me to believe the card is not good. I can't think of any other reason the card is not being found by the nvidia installer programs.

 

What OS are you running? Usually the install works and then the screen goes black if the chip is bad.... but I suppose it might do that too.