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

[gilbert]

So ok what you guys are saying that even if u have a proffesional change all the components necesary and does all the driver updates after all that it is impossible for it to work ? Because that i just cant believe it . We know this is not an easy upgrade and we know that a proffesional is necesary and we also know that is not just the gpu that needs to b replace and or modify but there has to be a way there always is...

[electric0ant]

gilbert wrote:
So ok what you guys are saying that even if u have a proffesional change all the components necesary and does all the driver updates after all that it is impossible for it to work ? Because that i just cant believe it . We know this is not an easy upgrade and we know that a proffesional is necesary and we also know that is not just the gpu that needs to b replace and or modify but there has to be a way there always is...

well if you want to put it that way, yes it is possible with an engineering team and manufacturing department so you can redesign and rebuild the whole motherboard for the new GPU, but then thats not really upgrading the gpu, thats just building a whole new motherboard.

do you know how complex the connections and components in a circuit board is? essentially on a laptop motherboard with an integrated gpu, all the components you see on a graphics card and motherboard are all integrated into one PCB. essentially there is no feasible way of upgrading it, as you would have to add new components onto the board and change the circuitry which is in the circuit board.
it is possible to replace like for like, but no way of upgrading.

[gilbert]

electric0ant wrote:
well if you want to put it that way, yes it is possible with an engineering team and manufacturing department so you can redesign and rebuild the whole motherboard for the new GPU, but then thats not really upgrading the gpu, thats just building a whole new motherboard.

do you know how complex the connections and components in a circuit board is? essentially on a laptop motherboard with an integrated gpu, all the components you see on a graphics card and motherboard are all integrated into one PCB. essentially there is no feasible way of upgrading it, as you would have to add new components onto the board and change the circuitry which is in the circuit board.
it is possible to replace like for like, but no way of upgrading.

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 .