<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIf you have a large gaming laptop, especially from Eurocom, Clevo, and older laptops from brands like Alienware and MSI, you may be able to swap out the GPU for a more powerful one. However, you need to make sure your system's motherboard is compatible with the MXM standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most laptops don't allow switching out their GPU though, so if you have one of these but it also has a Thunderbolt 3 or USB4 port, there is another option. You can use an external GPU enclosure, which basically takes the same kind of graphics cards that you'd put in a desktop PC, and allows them to connect to a laptop. They use a separate power supply, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have a compatible laptop, there are different options you can use to get extra graphical power to play games and for other tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope this article gave you an insight into GPU upgrades for laptops. Take a look at our related articles for more helpful computer tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you're looking to upgrade your laptop's graphics card and you're wondering whether it is even possible, the answer depends on the exact laptop you have. For the majority of laptops in the market, including gaming laptops, their graphics cards cannot be changed out. However, there is a very small selection of gaming laptops that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2190"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4039,"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions\/4039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpuforever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}