G74SX Graphics Card upgrade via mobo/professional help.

[Clouduck]

Hey all,

So I've done some reading on the forums recently about the G74sx series laptop and upgrading it's graphics card (To which i've read that it's somewhat impossible to replace by yourself). I'm well aware that the GTX 560M graphics card is soldered onto the mobo. I was wondering if it were possible and not ridiculous (in both price and effort) to get a new mobo from the newer laptops (ie. the G75 series or next year's model) and have the new graphics card in place.

Either that, or get a compatible graphics card and get the card professionally replaced and re-soldered onto the mobo. I'm not sure how motherboards and graphics compatibility works 😕

Is this viable at all? Or will I only be able to upgrade my CPU, memory and Hard drives? (The GTX 560M is the weakest component in my system. I have the i7 2670QM processor)

Much Thanks,

Clouduck

[jonfl1]

I'm not sure if anyone else has a lead, but I'm having trouble even finding a place to get a loose GPU from in the first place. If I could find someone to sell it to me, I'd love to try slapping a 630M or 680M in my G74...

[MrRuckus]

Pretty sure this is impossible. Reason being is GPU's for laptops have very strict guildlines for power usage and thermal capacity. Another reason is I doubt the pin output is the same for a 600 series GPU to a 500 series. I know some are direct replacements with just a name change but going from a 560 to a 680 I dont think would be possible. Not only would you need to change the GPU & Heatsink, but you would also have to change the ram which is also soldered to the board, along with all of the VRM circuitry as that would also need to be swapped to handle the heavier load of a 680m.

I can almost certainly say anyone that attempts this will walk away with a paperweight for their mobo. The motherboard was specifically made for a 560m, thats why its soldered on. You can change the CPU all day since its socketed, but not the GPU.

[gilbert]

there is a couple of thread about this already here ,there was even a guy with a g73 looking at the 7960m, u should look in to the 580 instead of the 680 if you are serious about trying the very risky gpu swap, i tell you what tho ,,,,,, you would b a legend if you achieve this. here is a link you may want to contact them and ask them for help http://www.btotech.com/

[electric0ant]

gilbert wrote:
Ok so it is possible just not cost efective , but yes people like i said in the first page of this post it is posible if you have the money .

well technically its not possible, like i said, even if you would have the money it's designing and building a new motherboard for the laptop, which is not upgrading the gpu.

the cost of this isn't wouldn't even be about cost effectiveness it's pretty much the costs a OEM company like asus and hp puts into designing a new laptop.

[gilbert]

electric0ant wrote:
well technically its not possible, like i said, even if you would have the money it's designing and building a new motherboard for the laptop, which is not upgrading the gpu.

the cost of this isn't wouldn't even be about cost effectiveness it's pretty much the costs a OEM company like asus and hp puts into designing a new laptop.

What about upgrading from the 560 2gb to the 560 3gb ?

[gilbert]

Or better yet is there any mobo made with either the 570 or 580 for the g74sx that they could replace their mobo with for people who want to keep the g74 but want a better gpu ?

[electric0ant]

gilbert wrote:
What about upgrading from the 560 2gb to the 560 3gb ?

thats not going to be possible either as its adding additional vram chips, hence requiring new circuitry.

what is theoretically possible is replacing chips, so if your 560 gpu chip dies, you should be able to replace with

gilbert wrote:
Or better yet is there any mobo made with either the 570 or 580 for the g74sx that they could replace their mobo with for people who want to keep the g74 but want a better gpu ?

that would be the easiest way, but i don;t think asus make them.

[Boosted_R]

For anyone reading this tread 100% Motherboard and GPU upgrade isn't possible on the G74.........simple as that...... want something faster? ... new laptop

[gilbert]

Boosted_R wrote:
For anyone reading this tread 100% Motherboard and GPU upgrade isn't possible on the G74.........simple as that...... want something faster? ... new laptop

i have not read of anybody actually trying and failing at a gpu upgrade so i cant say for sure that it is not possible but maybe booster have , in any case if u still want to try it good luck to you op, and remember guys the same was said about the g74sx being capable of having 32gb of ram and there is people already using them .. even data dave got some amazing results of 16gb at 1600mhz maybe if he would of keept on looking he would have get them all 16gb running at top speed.

[electric0ant]

the OP asked about upgrading the GPU, NOT the CPU.

CPU upgrade looks like its possible with the G74 as the CPU is not soldered on, from what I can see it still uses a socket. as long as its with the same generation of CPUs with the same FSB speed it theortically should work.

GPU upgrade on a laptop like the G74 where the GPU is integrated is IMPOSSIBLE.
look at a desktop graphics card, see all those other small components on the board with the gpu chip? all those are integrated into the laptop motherboard. its not just a matter of soldering a new gpu chip, as all these part work together to work as the graphics card. even within the same series of gpus these will be different.