I have a GeForce 745M video card. I'm wondering if it could be upgraded. What information would I be looking for in order to accomplish this?
What brand of laptop?
Get a titan z or gtfo
>>51287847
>I'm wondering if it could be upgraded
99% chance thats gonna be a no
>>51287893
Asus unfortunately.
>>51287919
Ya, I'll be sure to shove that in my laptop.
Thanks champ.
>>51287938
Yeah sorry pal it's not happening, that sit is soldered onto your motherboard.
>>51288029
Thought it was dedicated.
Lappy has two cards, one integrated Intel HD and other 745M dedicated VIA PCI.
>>51287847
Buying parts and assuming you don't know or you don't have the tools to solder will make it much more expensive than just get a new motherboard for your laptop with all newer parts. You just need to find a motherboard that has the same layout as yours to find your laptop.
tl;dr it's too bothersome, better sell that laptop and buy a new one/stop gayming on a laptop or if you do game consider the chance of running your RAM in dual channel mode
>>51288077
if you really want to upgrade, look into eGPU
>>51288101
By my understanding, maybe wrong, though just as a desktop is, integrated is soldered and dedicated is not. A desktop has an integrated video card (dependent upon motherboard) and you have the option to put a dedicated video card in VIA PCI/AGP. Lappy be working the same way.
Check out Alienwear's M17x video card upgrading abilities to see what I'm getting at.
Although with the lack of information, motherboard idea maybe worth a shot.
>>51288147
Holy shit that's amazing.
I'll def be looking into this.
>>51288151
>dedicated is not
False.
Most are actually soldered into the mom board
>>51288151
>PCI AGP
found the A+ graduate
>>51288194
How would you go about checking this?
>>51288211
rip'er open
>>51288147
Would a laptop with a gtx980m be able to use the gtx980m and an external gtx970 (kinda like sli) or is that impossible?
>>51288206
Actually not :(.
>>51288257
impossible and pointless
>>51288222
It does depend on the model to tell if the video card, integrated or dedicated, if it is soldered?
There is no general rule?
>>51288273
Is it possible to have sli eGPUs?
>>51288306
If it's a real high end laptop you paid over 2000 for, there's a chance it's a modular gpu. If it's general consumer gaming shit, no chance in hell.
>>51288383
Thank you.
I'll be looking more into the eGPU option.
Thanks everyone.
>>51287949
Do it, no balls
>>51288330
it would bottleneck hard, completely pointless
