laptop vga upgrade

adamosmaki · May 17, 2009, 01:49 PM

I have an acer 5520-5908. It has a 7000m vga. I saw the same models come also with 8400 and 8600m cards. Is it possible to upgarde it ( i know in some laptops you can change the vga is)?

**kris23** · May 17, 2009, 05:16 PM

it may be possible but is unlikely, only systems with user replacable GPUs that i know of are Asus and Dells. the rest mount the GPUs directly to the board

YnHDaRkMaN · May 18, 2009, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kris23

it may be possible but is unlikely, only systems with user replacable GPUs that i know of are Asus and Dells. the rest mount the GPUs directly to the board

OMG
is that hard to do? any Asus Laptop GPU can be upgraded? (yes, i have one

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**kris23** · May 18, 2009, 03:46 AM

not all of them, but find your laptop model and see if there are any better GPUs listed for that model. then id go on ebay and see if anyone has that better GPU for sale....

most common items are Dell XPS GPUs though....

procupine14 · May 19, 2009, 08:11 PM

Yeah seconding kris on this one generally the answer is "very unlikely" when you are asking to upgrade things like motherboard and graphics on a laptop. It just doesn't happen. At least not yet on a widespread scale. If they did I would have already done it on my dv6000.

May 17, 2009, 01:49 PM	#1
adamosmaki DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: cyprus Posts: 56 Rep Power: 7 System Specs	laptop vga upgrade I have an acer 5520-5908. It has a 7000m vga. I saw the same models come also with 8400 and 8600m cards. Is it possible to upgarde it ( i know in some laptops you can change the vga is)?

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kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,386 Rep Power: 76 System Specs	Re: laptop vga upgrade it may be possible but is unlikely, only systems with user replacable GPUs that i know of are Asus and Dells. the rest mount the GPUs directly to the board __________________ Driverheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (9/4/09) New i5 systems with more to come! Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

May 18, 2009, 03:46 AM	#4
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,386 Rep Power: 76 System Specs	Re: laptop vga upgrade not all of them, but find your laptop model and see if there are any better GPUs listed for that model. then id go on ebay and see if anyone has that better GPU for sale.... most common items are Dell XPS GPUs though.... __________________ Driverheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (9/4/09) New i5 systems with more to come! Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

May 19, 2009, 08:11 PM	#5
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,306 Rep Power: 38 System Specs	Re: laptop vga upgrade Yeah seconding kris on this one generally the answer is "very unlikely" when you are asking to upgrade things like motherboard and graphics on a laptop. It just doesn't happen. At least not yet on a widespread scale. If they did I would have already done it on my dv6000. __________________ Laptop: HP dv6000 - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit - AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60(2.0GHz) - NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 256MB - 4GB Kingston DDR2 667 (2x2GB) - 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive HTPC: Vista Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Athlon 5200+ x2 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 250GB Seagate Barracuda - Samsung EcoGreen 1TB - Hauppauge single tuner HD - ASUS Radeon HD4550 512MB - ECS RS485M-M mobo - Creative X-fi soundcard - Seasonic 300W SFX PSU Other PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Athlon 4200+ X2 - 1x 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 - 250GB Seagate Barracuda - HIS 4850 512MB - DFI Infinity NF570 SLI-M2/G - CoolerMaster 400W PSU