laptop graphics cards

[lepers]

How easy is it to upgrade the graphics card on a laptop and do u need to use different ones to those on desktops? any info appreciated. thanks

[vehelpfulguy]

Sorry (dont mean to be rude) but I had to laugh when I saw your append, about putting a desktop graphics card in a laptop.

A modern desktop graphics card is almost as big a some of the modern laptops, as seen in picture here:

http://www.msi-computer.nl/perscentrum/persber icht/persbericht_MSI_MXM_SLI-Card/images/IMG_9 475.jpg

To answer your question, I should imagine most laptops dont have a graphics card as such but a graphics chip soldered to the motherboard.

Changing this would be almost impossible.

Whereas parts for desktop PCs are standard and will fit inside almost any PC, components for laptops are usually specially made and so cannot just be bought off the shelf.

You may better to ask your question on a specialist forum about laptops or graphics cards. It would be a good idea to put the make and model number of your laptop as that is the first question anyone will ask.

[vehelpfulguy]

I did a search on "upgrading laptop graphics card" in Google and found a couple of sites.

Here is one, but no idea how up to date or accurate it is:

http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_graphics_car d_replacement.html

[fo3nix]

As the above says, you can't really do it. Laptops aren't meant for anything more than basic upgrades, of RAM and hard drive.

[ACtheTROLL]

It won't just be hard ...
it's almost impossible (some of the realy expensive ones can be upgraded - but they are rare) - in the main the only way is to change the whole machine.

I assume it's for gaming ... a decent desktop (�8-900. will be far cheaper that the equivalent laptop (�18-1900)