Replacing Laptop GPU

[Realillusion222]

Hey there

I'm not really able to use my main gaming PC anymore, so I would wonder if it's possible to beef up my Laptop's GPU?

I am using an upgraded Acer 5920G with these specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4MB L2 cache
1024 Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS
4GB DD2
250GB HDD

My processor and RAM and pretty solid but I have doubts about the GPU as I have to run WoW on pretty low settings to get a stable FPS. I was wondering if it would be possible to upgrade to a new GPU, and what GPU people would be able to suggest for this?

Thankyou

 

[Realillusion222]

You are in a small, but lucky minority - your laptop graphics chip uses the MXM standard, according to the list here.

http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/Table.html

That means that you can buy a common type 2 MXM module and fit it into your laptop like you would fit a desktop video card.

However, you only have two options - a GeForce 8600M GT and a Radeon 3650. Neither are exactly stellar performers, but should be better than what you have.

That said, I wouldn't recommend upgrading for WoW. Your graphics card probably isn't the problem - it's a very CPU intensive game. Also I've heard that the new update b0rks the FPS - I expect they will fix this soon.



Nope, dedicated laptop GPUs are usually never soldered to the motherboard, as this would mean the manufacturer would have to churn out different boards for both integrated and discrete graphics machines

Yeah, i've only recently started playing again and my gaming PC that ran everything on highest settings without dropping below 50fps is really struggling to run the game at 30fps on just above medium.

I doubt the 8800GT will give me that much of an improvement in performance, so I guess I just have to hope for some kind of update!

Thanks a lot for the help guys.