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Question about graphics card in laptop

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  • 16-03-2015 5:53pm
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    carlowplayer
    Registered Users Posts: 519 ✭✭✭


    What ls the laptop with the best most advanced graphics card and would it be anywhere near the power of the most powerful commercial pc.
    I have a Sony vaio sve151d1m and am wondering what's the most powerful graphics card I can upgrade it with


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    carlowplayer wrote: »
    What ls the laptop with the best most advanced graphics card and would it be anywhere near the power of the most powerful commercial pc.
    I have a Sony vaio sve151d1m and am wondering what's the most powerful graphics card I can upgrade it with

    It's not (or almost) impossible to upgrade the GPU in a laptop


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    the_syco
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    Will be cheaper buying a new laptop, than trying to upgrade the graphics card on a 5 year old graphics card with another slightly newer card for stupid money.


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    carlowplayer
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    the_syco wrote: »
    Will be cheaper buying a new laptop, than trying to upgrade the graphics card on a 5 year old graphics card with another slightly newer card for stupid money.

    Okay which laptop or PC has the best graphics card


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    carlowplayer wrote: »
    Okay which laptop or PC has the best graphics card

    A pc can accommodate any gfx card if has a big enoughy power supply. What exactly do you need the card for, gaming, 3D design, what?


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    the_syco
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    carlowplayer wrote: »
    Okay which laptop or PC has the best graphics card
    How much money do you have, and what do you intend on using it for?


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    carlowplayer
    Registered Users Posts: 519 ✭✭✭carlowplayer


    the_syco wrote: »
    How much money do you have, and what do you intend on using it for?

    Playing video games what would be the price range of a laptop with powerful graphics card


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    carlowplayer wrote: »
    Playing video games what would be the price range of a laptop with powerful graphics card

    Anywhere from 700 to 1500 euro.


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    carlowplayer wrote: »
    Playing video games what would be the price range of a laptop with powerful graphics card
    Is there a reason why you wouldn't get a PC over a laptop? Laptops are not wallet friendly, nor easily upgradeable, apart from RAM and/or hard-drive upgrades.


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    carlowplayer
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    the_syco wrote: »
    Is there a reason why you wouldn't get a PC over a laptop? Laptops are not wallet friendly, nor easily upgradeable, apart from RAM and/or hard-drive upgrades.

    Maybe. Just out of curiosity are laptops not easily upgrade able with regards to gpu because of planned obsolescence as the aptop not having enough space physically due to design or is it because they are physically unable to be upgrade able due to the cards being too powerful


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Mostly the GPU chip is soldered directly onto the motherboard. In a desktop PC you have a detachable card.(You may also have "on-board" graphics integrated into the MB, or even the CPU)


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    the_syco
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    carlowplayer wrote: »
    Maybe. Just out of curiosity are laptops not easily upgrade
    A laptop is generally a motherboard with everything already stuck on it, with the possibility of swapping out the RAM, or harddrive for one of increased capacity.

    The "gamer" laptops will be bulkier, but due to less demand, they're a dying breed.

    And whereas the laptop ends up with everything build onto the motherboard, with a computer the motherboard is only a piece that everything is connected to, and is fully upgradeable.

    To upgrade the laptop, you have to upgrade an expensive motherboard. To upgrade the computer, you have the ability to swap out the motherboard for a larger version to allow you more things to be plugged in for as much as you want to spend.


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    Skerries
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    ideally you should look to get a gaming desktop pc and if you need a newer laptop you can buy something cheap just for general use and it would still come in a lot cheaper than buying a 'gaming laptop' that wouldn't be as powerful as the cheaper desktop

    also with Steam you can power graphic intensive games through the desktop and play them on the laptop on your home network
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