upgrading laptop graphics

[Fiza]

i have a laptop with a hd5470 graphics card in, is there a way to change to a better card?

 

[SYNERGY]

Short answer: Nope.
Longish answer: Highly unfeasable, and depending on certain laptop models that use mxm modules.

 

[ponder]

Probably not. Very few laptops have modular GPU's, most are soldered directly to the motherboard.

 

[kilobits]

^^^ What they have said already. It would probably be an idea to list the exact make and model of your laptop tho'.

 

[Drake2007]

Yes you can upgrade....


the whole laptop.

 

[Fiza]

its a packard bell easynote tm87. its my office laptop and kinda getting bored there so want to play some games

 

[NomNom]

its a packard bell easynote tm87. its my office laptop and kinda getting bored there so want to play some games

Can't be upgraded.

 

[vinodh]

I saw mod once where someone got a PCI-Express graphics card connected to a laptop via its Express port. The card needed a separate power supply but it worked. Here's a link:

http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...ke-an-external-laptop-graphics-adaptor-915616

A more recent version of this I saw was a graphics card that was hooked up via a Thunderbolt interface. Also worked great but very expensive and only was for Thunderbolt equipped laptops and desktops. Here's a link:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-graphics-thunderbolt,3263-3.html

 

[Quentin Legend]

Upgrading anything on a laptop is very time consuming and frustrating, excluding RAM and HDD's.

I upgraded my previous HP laptop's CPU from a Celeron to a Core 2 Duo.

Graphics is another story though, the GFX unit is usually soldered onto the motherboard like ponder mentioned.

 

[Broo]

its a packard bell easynote tm87. its my office laptop and kinda getting bored there so want to play some games

You can play cards