Asus W90VP: are graphic cards upgradeable?

I am in doubt about possible upgradeability of graphic cards:
ATI CrossFireX™ technology with ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4870 graphics, GDDR3 1024MB VRAM (W90Vp)
also as I found these cards are PCI Express and dedicated:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220503
http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-w90vpa1-p-2562.html?wconfigure=yes

But, as I understand Dedicated Card may be NOT user (or even technician) upgradeable if it is soldered onto the system board and can not be physically removed by the user at a later time...so question is unclear for me.

And, because any video cards became old during just a few years, upgradeability is very important for me - if will I buy this W90VP, will I or laptop technician able to replace this HD 4870 X2 videocard/cards to more modern ones few years later for example?

 

Probably not, even for laptops that are supposed to be upgradable the upgrades for them are far and few between.

Thermal limitations or design limitations amunst other things seem to get in the way.

Though as far as laptop gaming goes this one is much cheaper than most others leaving with enough money to just buy a new one when the time comes. Its hard to even upgrade desktops to stay with the times without nearly gutting out the whole system for new stuff, cpu sockets change, ram type changes, power demands change, ect ect.... So you cant expect too much from a laptop, and so far Asus has always used propitiatory parts from my experience so you can only use there stuff to upgrade with (atleast plug & play, other stuff requires a lot of work)

If your going to get a W90 definitely buy with the idea in mind that it is not upgradable, and if it just happens to be down the road let it be a bonus.

 

Forget it, I bow to you man...

I am looking at the W90Vp-A1 to buy, you?

 

Me? Yeah I have the W90VP-A1 I just got it today actually. I took some pictures of it for my review and ran some cpu tests but thats it. I was out at a festival most of the day.

 

Can you link me to it, I would love to see your pics and benchmarks

 

Eh I guess before I go to bed I can post them up in a thread. I have not uploaded them yet. But since the review is going to take a while I can give a little first impressions thread for now.

 

Excellent, oh 2 quick questions what processor did you get with? and did you get to test 3dmark06 on that monster yet?

Sorry Im so curious, I've been avidly researching these computers for a while and narrowed the one I want to that... I think

 

Upgrade ability can depend solely on models sad to say, if that graphics card is soldered to your system it is hardly ever possible to use another type of card without encountering issues with the new card...