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    Can you upgrade a graphic card on a HP Laptop

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Brenny07, Mar 15, 2017.

  1. Brenny07

    Brenny07 Newbie

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    I recently bought FIFA 17 from Orgin and When Load it fine but once I start playing in a match it lags a lot and it not really good for playing, I been to a computer shop and they said the graphic card is the issue and said you can't change the graphics card

    Is this true? any help to get my laptop able to play FIFA 17 on it I will be very grateful

    My laptop is a HP 8gb RAM with a AMD A8-7410 with a AMD Radeon R5 graphics 2.20 Ghz processor
     
    Brenny07, Mar 15, 2017
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    pathfindercod Notebook Virtuoso

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    No, HP doesn't make laptops with mxm slotted gpu's.
     
    pathfindercod, Mar 15, 2017
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    Bummer is there anything you could suggest to be able to play it on my laptop? Maybe a external Graphics cards??
     
    Brenny07, Mar 15, 2017
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  4. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Your computer doesn't have the ports to support this, and even if it did, your CPU would be a bottleneck. For the money you would spend on such a thing, you could buy a whole new laptop with a proper gaming GPU.
     
    saturnotaku, Mar 16, 2017
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    ijozic Notebook Deity

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    Well, they make some. Their bigger workstations (e.g. ZBook 15/17) have MXM GPU's (like the competing products from Dell and Lenovo).
     
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    Like others said you wont be able to upgrade the GPU of that laptop but Fifa is normally one of those games that are very low demanding that even IGPs can get good performance on it as long the settings are lowered. Try lowering all of the settings of the game and see what performance you get. You're not happy with it then you would have to buy a better laptop
     
    KING19, Mar 16, 2017
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    The best solution for your laptop, seeing how obsolete the CPU and GPU are, is throwing it away and buying a new one. Many cheap options exist, allowing you to comfortably play light games like Fifa 17.

    Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk
     
    SkidrowSKT, Mar 17, 2017
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    Not throw it away. You can always repurpose it or sell it even if for $50 and put that towards the new machine.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 18, 2017
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    I meant by "Throwing it away" getting rid of it some way! Selling is one way to do it.
     
    SkidrowSKT, Mar 18, 2017
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