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laptop gaming gpu

laptop usually don't allow upgrade
even if they did laptop gpu costs fortune its almost better to buy new laptop
 
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Laptop GPUs cannot be removed from their logic boards. Usually the only two things you can upgrade with laptops are RAM and HDD
 
Go check out www.MXM-upgrade.com if you are serious about upgrading your laptop gpu. Shoot them an email and they can probably tell you whether you are even able to upgrade your laptops gpu.
 
The gpu is built into the motherboard on that laptop so you can't replace it.
 
Not all cards are built into the motherboard, I just removed both of the ones in my laptop to replace the thermal paste. My laptop has 2 PCI-E x8 slots.
 
If people would take a second to do a little research instead of just posting whatever bullshit they feel like, they would have found that the OP's laptop has an 8800m GTS. It is NOT an onboard solution and can be upgraded with any MXM III card.
 
lloose said:
If people would take a second to do a little research instead of just posting whatever bullshit they feel like, they would have found that the OP's laptop has an 8800m GTS. It is NOT an onboard solution and can be upgraded with any MXM III card.
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something like that, My 2 7900gs still provide great performance even if they are lacking vram.
 
yea, it's become common in the last year. for older laptops, tons of vram isn't necessary
 
kcmastrpc said:
yea, it's become common in the last year. for older laptops, tons of vram isn't necessary
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That doesn't make sense... its just as necessary. the age of the laptop doesnt mean the screen size takes less ram, Nor do games use less vram because its on an old laptop.
 
mannyman said:
That doesn't make sense... its just as necessary. the age of the laptop doesnt mean the screen size takes less ram, Nor do games use less vram because its on an old laptop.
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He was saying that high resolution screens on laptops are not very common on older laptops. Higher resolutions were a premium option a few years ago, and even then it was usually 1440x900, hardly a high resolution. Higher resolutions benefit greatly by more video ram. Some older cards 7900M etc only offered 256mb of video memory but it wasn't an issue with most older laptops because most screens at that time on laptops weren't that high of a resolution. Now with 1080 being standard on most gaming laptops, 512mb is a good starting point. 1gb of video memory would be ideal.
 
Just because the card type is the same doesnt make it compatable. There is no card thats interchangable between models on Asus laptops. You cannot put a G73SW VGA into a G73JH/JW. The cards shape and heatsink usually wont allow it.
 
I really don't think it's worth it to upgrade the laptop GPUs. From what I have seen, the laptop GPUs are very very expensive, maybe $400 or 500+ for a relatively dated laptop GPU.

Probably better to sell the laptop and buy a new one.
 
nardox said:
I really don't think it's worth it to upgrade the laptop GPUs. From what I have seen, the laptop GPUs are very very expensive, maybe $400 or 500+ for a relatively dated laptop GPU.

Probably better to sell the laptop and buy a new one.
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Cost on GTX400 series GPUs for laptops are around 200.
 
Alex S said:
Laptop GPUs cannot be removed from their logic boards. Usually the only two things you can upgrade with laptops are RAM and HDD
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It's call.. MOTHERBOARD ... not logic boards like crappy Apples... ;)

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Not many gaming laptop allow you to change GPU..

There are some major gaming laptop from ASUS and MSI does allow you to do so.

The price are pretty high sometime, but you can sometime find a cheap one off from ebay.
 
lloose said:
He was saying that high resolution screens on laptops are not very common on older laptops. Higher resolutions were a premium option a few years ago, and even then it was usually 1440x900, hardly a high resolution. Higher resolutions benefit greatly by more video ram. Some older cards 7900M etc only offered 256mb of video memory but it wasn't an issue with most older laptops because most screens at that time on laptops weren't that high of a resolution. Now with 1080 being standard on most gaming laptops, 512mb is a good starting point. 1gb of video memory would be ideal.
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I see, But even new laptops that are not premium grade rarely use 1080P most are around the 720 is area. If he would have said high amounts of Vram was not the norm i would have said ok. But yes 1gb is what i would shoot for.
 
lloose said:
If people would take a second to do a little research instead of just posting whatever bullshit they feel like, they would have found that the OP's laptop has an 8800m GTS. It is NOT an onboard solution and can be upgraded with any MXM III card.
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Actually I did do a little research on it and the info I found indicated that it was MXM 2.1 type 3(which limits options) and that the GPU is soldered into the motherboard(which all but eliminates the ability to upgrade). So perhaps you should take your own advice.
 
Ebernanut said:
Actually I did do a little research on it and the info I found indicated that it was MXM 2.1 type 3(which limits options) and that the GPU is soldered into the motherboard(which all but eliminates the ability to upgrade). So perhaps you should take your own advice.
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Nevermind, I was wrong. The gpu is integrated into the motherboard. I sincerely apologize. This is the first MXM gpu I have seen actually ON the motherboard.
If anybody is interested here is the dissembly guide for the laptop.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mzmzrfkhjmz
 
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What about hooking it up to an external gpu through the external pci slot?
 
tpfaff said:
What about hooking it up to an external gpu through the external pci slot?
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You could look into a Vidock. Honestly though, you probably wont see enough of a difference from your 8800M GTS. Those external cards are a better solution for laptops with lower end on-board gpus like intels GMA or hd series.
 
Even if the laptop did have a discrete removable GPU, it would still NOT be as simple as swaping in a new MXM3 gpu. The heatsink would have to fit perfectly to work, and that just isn't likely.
 
SBSuperfly said:
Even if the laptop did have a discrete removable GPU, it would still NOT be as simple as swaping in a new MXM3 gpu. The heatsink would have to fit perfectly to work, and that just isn't likely.
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This is true, you have to worry about the physical shape of the new GPU, as well as the TDP. Most laptop's cooling are made to handle a certain TDP from the GPU, and if you get a new, bigger GPU you can easily overwhelm the cooling.

It's really not recommended to upgrade, I think the system is much better suited for replacements.
 
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