Upgrading Mobile Graphics Cards - ***Read Before Posting***

Well........ in theroy, it is possible..... if you have immense knowlege about the motherboard, the BIOS, how to write drivers, the support team, and of course, soldering knowlege. But for the amount of work that will go into it, you might aswell get a new machine. Much cheaper.

 

In theory, you can also go ahead and make your own notebook if you...

Otherwise, when you realistically evaluate the (im)possibility of satisfying the if-conditions representing only part of your doubts, you will eventually face practice which may slightly differ from theory, and which is your current reality.

 

hi everyone;
i'm using sony vaio fw-21z(europen serie in TURKEY), it has ati radeon 3650 ddr3, but i want to upgrade this for 4650. is it possible? 1 website i have found 4650 but i cant trust the saler. if it's possible, where can i find this?
thanks...

 

Hi, I got a Nvdia Ge Force 9600M GT and it's accesible by opening a cover. So i was wondering whether i could replace it with a Nvdia Ge Force 130M
or 9700M GT? It would also be great to know where i could buy some graphics cards.

 

Just bought an hp pavilion dv5-1099nr from qvc and it has a discrete 9600gt,would i be able to easily upgrade to 9800gt later on?

 

You can't upgrade at all.

 

Even if it's connected through the 16x pciexpress because it's not integrated.

 

"Not integrated" is not the same thing as "removable". In this case, "not integrated" simply means it's not part of the Intel Chipset. It is, however, soldered onto the motherboard and is completely permanently attached.

 

I have Acer Aspire 5100 with ati xpress 1100. I know that it is impossible to upgrade this video card, but i have another question. Can I put GeForce 7300 GO instead of the wi-fi module?

 

No you cannot.

 

sort of, look at this thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=397667

 

Thank you for taking the time to help the little people with the silly questions. I Love playing with my Laptop and I am learning more and more every day. I see a Sager / Clevo in my future as it seems to be the best way to go for being able to upgrade or start off with so many goodies there would be no need to upgrade.. which honestly I think takes some of the fun out.. Upgrading was the one thing I was looking forward too.. maybe if someone has had a good build with a laptop that has some what of a forgiving learning curve with regard to my non-ninja like skills when it comes to switching hardware out I would be grateful for the direction.

Sorry to be so long winded. Everyone here has been great and from all of the non-Pro Computer people who are thinking "Thank You" but not typing it.. I will say it for them and me.. Thanks Pro's for putting up with the silly questions and for not axing us for not using the search option here.

My best to you all, JW

 

Cant you upgrade the graphics cards in the gateway FX series?

 

I'v checked the 15+ pages really fast,so I hope Im not asking a question that has already been asked.

I'v read that a Laptop with an intergrated video card,cant have a dedicated card. Well,Im planning on getting the HP Compaq Presario CQ61,which comes with the HD 4200.Thing is,is it considered a Intergrated Card even if it has it own 128mb of memory?(Therefore,being able to place a dedicated card)

 

Even if you get a notebook with a dedicated card, it's not likely that it's removable.

What you can do it this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5324240
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=397667

8045 3dmarks and more...

 

actually u CAN upgrade or in other words tweak and overclock an integrated graphix card
i overclocked my gma 950 to 400MHz speed and i gotta cooling fan to cool my motherboard down. im talkin bout a laptop here and yes it is impossible to put another gpu in a laptop but for a desktop it is possible becuz there are PCI slots in which u can fit in a agp,pci or a pci-e graphix card and u just need to disable ur integrated one so u can run your other graphix card. this is just like upgrading your graphix card
upgrading DEDICATED graphix card IS possible becuz overclocking is the only way
get a cooler or a liquid cool graphix system so you can cool off your graphix card and if you do this on a laptop, it's better than integrated ones and if you do this on a desktop make sure you get the coolers or liquid coolers quickly be4 u burn your motherboard!

 

I totally missed the point of the previous post...

 

I think the poster is referring to the term "upgrading" in the general sense(i.e. any modification which would improve performance) rather than the common sense of "replacing for something better".

Then there' a bit of ramble about desktops here and there >.>

 

Can you buy a replacement 8600gt from dell?

I have an inspiron 1520 out of warranty.

hakka.

 

You might have to replace the whole motherboard.

 

My friend has a Gateway One GZ7220 with an ATI Radeon 2600 XT and just realized that it's an MXM-III connection. Now, is he able to swap this with out mxm-iii cards?

 

This thread needs to be updated, DIYvidock:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=418851

 

I asked this question ages ago, but it hadn't been done at the time yet so no info was available... so i am asking again now some time later.

Can I upgrade my HP 8710p (NVS 320M -> basically 8700M GT) to the FX 3600M (basically 8800 GTS), which was offered in the 8710w ... 8710w and p are in a sense the same laptop, so I see no reason why it couldn't be done, but I am wondering does anyone have any experience on the matter... will I have to replace the heatsink aswell (to a dualpipe)?

 

I have got a Dell Studio 1558,
intel core i3 350m
Ati Radeon 4570 512 mb.
Is it possible to upgrade my video card, tothe ATI mobility radeon 5470 1 GB?
Or is it not possible to upgrade?

 

i want to know if i can upgrade my graphic card, i have a samsung r580 i5 2,3 gh 4 gbrami ddr3 video card nvidia 310 m with 512 mb but the buswidth only 64 bits and i want to know if i can upgrade to a better model?

 

This thread is incredibly outdated. If it is being kept alive, someone really needs to contact the OP.
I mean, this especially:

Really not giving people the correct impression or amount of info

Yes, probably. Depends on BIOS support which depends on if that computer was released with other cards. If it wasn't, its pretty much up to chance as to whether or not something like a 3650 would work.

Yes, yes you can. You should definitely find the better heatsink.

Actually you could potentially use some other MXM cards, its just that the HP 8710 BIOS whitelists the cards that it was released with.

Check the card in my sig however, you'll find its a much more cost effective and compatible upgrade solution The only difference between the fx 3600m and fx 2700m actually is only 16 shaders. And the 2700m is clocked higher (not to mention it can be overclocked to something ridiculous)

 

Hi guys. I wish i would've paseed over here some time ago.. but i never had the chance... well, to the point.

I wonder if you could help me with upgrading / getting a new video card for my laptop. I have an Alienware Area 51 m9750 from 3 years ago with a
GeForce Go 7950 GTX (just one card, i never bought the dual option), wich has recently failed (the computer goes on, but the the screen remains black).

I'm not sure if i should look for the same video card (wich is probably really difficult, cause it's a 3 year old card) or i can look for another card, more new and currently on the market.

I know i have two sockets for video cards in my laptop, in the case i could get another card, would it be a good idea to instal both as SLI?.

Thanks for your help,

Giank.

 

MXM-Upgrade is your friend, here, which shows that your m9750 uses MXM 2.1 Type III cards. It seems the card that they would usually try to sell for that option is the ATI HD4570. You may also want to consider having your post (and probably mine) moved to the Alienware subforum, specifically the Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems subsection.

 

when they actually reply. I've sent 3 emails over the past 2 weeks. Still no reply.

Eurocom sold me an upgrade instead, and I surprisingly got a fantastic base deal + discount, plus extra discount for going to pick it up in person when the GPU arrives and meeting their sales team.
Also, obviously, won't have to pay shipping.

 

Well, I did mean more in the aspect of finding out what fits in your notebook. As they're in Europe (and I'm in the States), I usually wouldn't consider actually buying a card from them most of the time.

 

Hi guys I'm kinda new to this upgrading thing but as I've read from the first post of this thread you can't upgrade integrated graphx cards.

So what laptops can you upgrade their graphics cards then?

Is it based on the graphics card model, or the laptop architecture, in short what do I check to know if I can upgrade it?

For example Dell XPS 15 has a 2048MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT540M, from the details of the card it says it can switch from the integrated Intel card to the NVIDIA. Does it mean that NVIDIA is not integrated therefore I can replace it with a higher version?

If this question has been answered before please redirect me to that thread, I know it can be annoying to repeat the answers all the time. Thanks!

 

Both. In essence, it will depend on the notebook model. In your example, the GT540M is, in fact, a discrete card. However, I believe the Dell XPS 15 graphics card is soldered to the motherboard, making it irreplaceable without doing some very extreme things. Your best bet is to assume that, as stated in the opening post, a notebook graphics card is never replaceable, unless it is stated to come with a MXM slot. While there are exceptions to this (as also pointed out in that first post), those exceptions are generally also limited (such as the mentioned Dells with their proprietary formats). If you want to know about a specific model, it's generally easy enough to start a thread asking about that model, either here or, more likely, in the specific manufacturer's subforum.

 

Hello there. I browsed through the whole thread real quick due to the sheer volume and age of most of the pages that might be obsolete nowadays and I hope I'm not asking an already answered question.

The GPU of my Acer Aspire 5920g, an nVidia 9500M GS, just left this futile world in search of a better place, leaving me in the dark (screen). I'm now in search of a replacement and I came across another 9500M-GS on ebay. The thing is that it clearly stated 'not compatible with 5920g'. How is that? And if that's true, what should I keep in mind during my search so that I don't end up buying one that is not compatible with my laptop?

Cheers everyone

 

Are you sure it's the graphics card and not the LCD? Have you tried displaying externally?

For specific Acer questions, might be better to post in the Acer subforum as many people with experiences with upgrading/replacing cards.

 

Yeah, no GPU output works..thanx tho, I'll try with the Acer subforum as well

 

and this is why desktops are better sorry notebook o.o

 

hi, i wana check to see if my lenovo z570 an graphics changeable as this thread says
and if any one has tried this on a z series or a y570 and a z570
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ha [...] sting.html

my lenovo has switchable graphics intel 3000 and nvidia gt540m 2gb ded on my z570
my other lenovo has a graphics intel 3000 and nvidia gt555m 1gb ded on my y570
pls take the time to give me a good answer
and pls dont tell me its impossible on most unless your
sure that this is one of them

mainly i want this 6990m but if there other compatible ones and this one doesnt fit pls give me any info on it
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ATI-Mobilit [...] 19cb149490

 

Y570 and Z570 are switchable graphics, not changeable graphics. Basically the OS will switch between the soldered Nvidia GPU and the Intel graphics. Both machines do not support MXM and are not upgradable.

 

Hy guys,

i really need you're help my video card is dead yesterday and now i have to buy another one. My notebook is a Toshiba qosmio x870 and the default VGA is an gtx 670m 3gb memory. I was looking on ebay i found available just few models like a gtx 675m from a dell alienware. In you're opinion i can install a card like this ? The card have the same shape and size, is mxm, and seem that the heatsink fit properly.

Thank you !

 

Have you tried carrying one to class/work everyday? They're not better, just a different item for different purposes.

 

I only see it with the 670m meaning that it is probably not MxM and interchangeable on the graphics card. You should go to the Toshiba forums to get a good firm answer.

 

it's for sure MXM B 3.0. I have already opened the notebook to take a look inside ! And yes i'm asking also in the toshiba forums but for the moment no one answer ....

 

Some of the larger Toshiba Qosmios use MXM card. Last I checked their 2xx and 4xx series cards were proprietary Toshiba MXM cards. You can physically install any MXM card, but you will run into issues with vBIOS. It'd be best to get another Toshiba branded 670M for guaranteed compatibility.

 

in fact i was afraid about the vBios and the bios of the mainboard at the same time. You know a toshiba shop to order the same card ? on ebay is very hard to find one. Thank you !

 

I would only order it directly from Toshiba.


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You know a toshiba shop to order the same card on-line ?

 

Hello
My problem is more of replacing rather than upgrading. My laptop refuses to boot up and has no display. After some extended research and disassembly I'm 99% sure it's a graphics card problem.
My laptop is an Asus U6Sg with an NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G. Is there any chance to replace the card on this laptop?

cheers
John

 

The 9300M G is soldered onto the motherboard. Unless you know how to BGA solder, I would look to get a new motherboard, or have a repair shop see if they can repair your motherboard.