I would like to upgrade the video card on my Gateway laptop computer. It currently has an Intel Core 2 duo processor and a mobile intel 965 express chipset family. What kinds of video cards are compatible? I need something at least the level of a NVIDA GeForce 6800 or greater. I have limited knowledge about computers and if anymore information is needed please let me know.|||Unlike Desktop graphics cards, which are limited only by available slots, Laptop graphics cards are hard to find, and even harder to replace.
Laptop GPUs are not cards at all, but GPU chips soldered into the motherboard, so are the CPUs - meaning you have to melt the metal solder to take them out. This is the way most laptops today are made. You'll have to be a real expert to be able to swap them successfully - even then success isn't 100%. Manufacturers will not take them back for an upgrade.
Unless you have a laptop with a separate graphics unit or an MXM slot, you won't be able to upgrade/replace it.
The only option you have left is to use an Expresscard-adpated graphics unit, but these are relatively new, relatively unknown, and pretty hard to find. Here's an example: http://ati.amd.com/technology/xgp/index.…|||it would help if you mentioned the model number on your gateway.
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