Upgrading the Graphics card on a Sony Vaio VPCEC4S0E/W

I have a great offer to buy this laptop 2nd hand however would like to know if the graphics card can be upgraded? Any help would be appreciated.

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Thanks,

 

It might not be out of the realms of possibility now that BGA reworks/reballing for GPU's are not uncommon. GPU's can be removed from motherboards now quite relatively cheaply.
However, it would void your warranty. If you tried this your BIOS might not recognise the card.
Also, to remove the GPU requires that your motherboard is heated twice or may be more if it doesn't work and in this process of heating it could render your mobo inoperable.
I was all set to try this on my SZ and then i got a disclaimer from my tech informing me my MOBO would have to be heated up to four times if it didn't work and well it could take my MOBO out so could render my laptop useless, to say i had second thoughts is an underestimation. They said that they've heated some MOBO's up to eight times and have a high success rate. Send in a perfectly working laptop and take the chance of getting a dead one back and not be in a position to get them to fix it, lol no.

A new GPU could also possibly be too powerful for your cooling system to deal with.

On a brand new laptop it would not be a wise thing to try, it's definetly not if another model didn't come with a better GPU so that you have a high chance it might work. I can't see the specs of your laptop so i don't know what graphics card it has but it would need to have a dedicated gpu.

Btw, if you want to purchase that laptop from Curry's online use this code at checkout PC7 to get £56 of.

 

There is no graphics "card". There is a graphics CHIP, which as Rachel said, in theory can be replaced. But it requires unsoldering the old chip and soldering a new one in its place. Not like a desktop or even some older laptops where there was indeed a card that was easily swapped out.

Gary