Laptop GPU swapping

[nyoomiebois]

Hi everyone, 5 years going on 6 now with my ASUS Duo GX550 w/ i9, RTX2080-Super, 32GB Ram, you get the idea. Have been really happy with the machine, but nowadays I can't run my modern games at a steady 60FPS on low settings like I did way back then. Maybe games got more intense on PC hardware idk, but I was wondering if I can swap to a newer 4080 GPU from a newer ASUS laptop. I really like this machine, it's basically a PC but portable and had it for so long it's kinda become apart of me, and I'm too lazy to restart my mods for my games. Thanks and cheers!

Average Laptop Data:

GPU Fan RPM literally just sitting in home screen (same when under load): 6000-6500

CPU Fan RPM in same situation: 5000-6000

Average Temp: 90-100 Celcius, whether it be sitting or running a game.

Games: Assetto Corsa and BeamNG (200 mods), both average about 30-45 fps, Beam I can average 60 if it's just one vehicle spawned, Assetto only averages 60 FPS when I'm racing by myself.

[ElectroStingz · Accepted solution]

Hello,

It's not possible.

But in terms of performance once the CPU is over 90 things can run terrible and if the GPU is also in the same range that can cause some slow downs.

Did you ever get the laptop thermal pastes changed and fans / heatsink cleaned?

[nyoomiebois]

Cleaned heatsink's and fans, however not thermal paste so I might actually have to do that. Would I have to do the GPU's thermal paste since it's a chip and not a card or should it be fine?

[ElectroStingz]

The heatsink makes contact with various parts, CPU, GPU, Power circuit components, GPU Memory... thermal paste (Thermal interface material is the actual name) is designed to improve the contact resistance so whatever it is in contact with requires it.

This is your laptop? https://rog.asus.com/in/articles/hands-on/diving-deep-into-the-revolutionary-dual-screen-zephyrus-du...

Just note if it is using liquid metal on the CPU you need to be careful.

Example of what should be serviced (see the flashing images)

https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/rog-strix-series/cpu-temps-hitting-100c-rog-strix-g614jv/m-p/1111141/h...

And here just some general information in that thread.

https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/rog-strix-series/cpu-temps-hitting-100c-rog-strix-g614jv/m-p/1111471/h...

So if your laptop features thermal pads in some places on the heatsink use thermal putty instead.