Can I upgrade my Laptop’s Graphic card?
April 1st, 2019
This is my first post on TE!
I’m very impressed and I’m looking for some good answers!
Well I have a DELL INSPIRON 1525 Laptop!
It has Integrated Graphic card. I’m looking forward to Buy a Graphic card for Laptops! Is it possible?.
Actually a friend of mine has told me that its possible to Replace the graphic card since it contains Integrated Graphic card.
(it has graphic card slot or something?)
Please let me know & Recommend me VERY good graphic card.
I’m assuming its Nvidia 9800? Is anything better?
First time posting on TE?
Wrong section as well. No, you can’t upgrade your laptop’s integrated graphics chip, or even add one.
You have to replace your motherboard, and hope they have another motherboard with a better integrated graphics chip.
You can’t upgrade video card memory without replacing the whole video card. Unless you’ve ordered the laptop with the card you wanted, you can’t swap it out.
Unlike Desktop graphics cards, which are limited only by available slots, Laptop graphics cards are hard to find, and even harder to replace.
Laptop GPUs are not cards at all, but GPU chips soldered into the motherboard (which is why the ones with dedicated cards are said to have “discrete graphics” and others have the built-in “integrated graphics” rather than having “cards”), so as are some of the CPUs – meaning you have to melt the metal solder to even take them out. This is the way most laptops today are made. You’ll have to be a real expert to be able to swap them successfully – even then success isn’t 100%. Manufacturers will not take them back for an upgrade. Furthermore, your laptop motherboard chipset will not allow for you to upgrade to a discrete GPU if you ordered it with the integrated card.
Unless you have a laptop with a separate graphics unit or an MXM slot, you won’t be able to upgrade/replace it. Check your manual to see if they allow any upgrades. Few laptops today allow you to do so (the Alienware line being one of the very last)
———–
The only option you have left is to use an Expresscard-adpated graphics unit, but not yet. Maybe in the near future; right now external graphics through Expresscard is in the process of development/release.
There aren’t that many for sale yet, but if you’re lucky, you can find an ASUS XG Station for sale somewhere (but it won’t be cheap considering its around $300 for the dock alone). You just need to have an Expresscard slot.
Source(s):
MXM Slot Separate Graphic Card Laptops
http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/Table.html
Notebook Graphic Card Comparison
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Grafic-Cards.130.0.html
External Graphic Solutions (in development/limited release)
ATI XGP
http://ati.amd.com/technology/xgp/index.html
Asus XG Station
http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=5369
I dont think you can, sorry. just buy a new laptop XD
If it has a slot inside the laptop, then it is possible, though it would void any warranties you have on the laptop.
You can’t upgrade integrated graphics.
#3.3 Topics must be submitted to the relevant forums. Please read the forum rules before posting, thank you -Moving to correct forum
If it has a slot inside the laptop, then it is possible, though it would void any warranties you have on the laptop.
You can't upgrade integrated graphics.
Ok. So if i dont want to replace but If i just want to add another graphic card assuming i have a slot…Is it possible??
If it has a slot inside the laptop, then it is possible, though it would void any warranties you have on the laptop.
You can't upgrade integrated graphics.
Ok. So if i dont want to replace but If i just want to add another graphic card assuming i have a slot...Is it possible??
Yes, but I doubt that there is a extra slot.
You can’t, you need to buy a new motherboard with a better one on it.
You can’t add one or replace it.
I suggest you buy a PC, buy it in parts and build it yourself. You will love it forever more and then you will be able to fix and customize it more without the fee from professionals. It’s also a great skill to have for the future.
I thought all he needed was a pci-e slot , meh
I thought all he needed was a pci-e slot , meh
PCI-e slots are on Desktops not Laptops…
Not possible…Graphics card can’t be upgraded on most laptops…