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Upgrading M15x Graphics card?
I bought an Alienware m15x 4 months ago. It's my first laptop and I just started playing Starcraft 2 with it.
I have a 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 240M card right now, but I want to upgrade a step to the ATI Radeon HD 5730 card.(since that's what alienware recommended). When I was customizing the laptop on their website, I didnt bother to upgrade it, but I can't play SC2 with High Visual settings like my friends. I have to play on Low instead of Ultra...
Can I take it somewhere, like Best Buy, to have them upgrade it for me? Or am I stuck with this card?
thanks.
Well, I looked around on the internet and found some tutorials on taking the Graphics card out, but computers just aren't my thing so I wanted to have someone else do it, you know?
Here's the tutorial i watched. Skip to about 8 minutes in and the guy just pulls the graphics card right out...
it would seem like you just put the new one right in but it can't be that simple, can it?
2 Answers
- Ⅾαɼƙ Uɱɓɼҽoɳ™Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'm sorry but it can't be done. No self-respecting computer expert would ever do this as the risk of bricking your computer is very high.
The very tiny percentage of GPUs that can be replaced can only be replaced by VERY similar GPUs from the SAME manufacturer. Just stick with your 512mb or sell your laptop and buy a new one.
Source(s): 15 years experience. - WTFBBQLv 41 decade ago
you can not upgrade graphics card in a laptop. no chance. only things you can upgrade in a laptop is CPU and RAM. and most of the its not worth upgrading CPU because they are laptop CPU are very overpriced.
