Can you upgrade your graphics card for gateway nv78?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 11/6/2022

You can upgrade your MXM-3 graphics card if the system mainboard in the laptop is either MB.B5602.001 (on PM45) or MB.B6202.001 (on GM45).

In other cases there is no MXM-3 slot on the board, yet there are respective connectors thereon. So as alternative you can try soldering MXM-3 slot on the board - yet no guaraties in will work, so do it on your own risk - you can even damage you mainboard.

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∙ 13y ago

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Can you buy a crap laptop but install a graphic card to make it good?

Yes and I'll tell you exactly how to do it. Acer is the best brand to do it cheaply. You need to find a broken, budget machine. You can get one around 50$. If you do research by looking at pictures of motherboards, you can tell which are based on the same case and can use much better motherboards with standard MXM 2.1 type II graphics. The ODM model is useful to know, because it applies to the entire case and every model it is based off of, but on Ebay they aren't often listed like this. I did it with an Acer 5315. I bought a 5720g motherboard and it can run a 9600m GT ddr3. I had to cut holes in the case for some ports and buy the graphics heatsink. The ODM model here is ICL50, and there are in fact more which use the same case such as ICW50, the AMD version, ICL70 is the 17" case for the same motherboard layout. You really have to know what you're doing needless to say. Its in fact easier for high end models, and you have more options for cards and less work to do, but then you are investing a lot more money. the Alienware m15x can be found with i3 CPU, Nvidia gt 240m and upgraded to AMD 6990m. The first step however after being a very good technician is really knowing the market and what is worth it. Its certainly more interesting but much more difficult to mess with other rare brands and models like Acers. There are a few out there like the 8735g which use the same interface as the AMD 6970m etc and could potentially be upgraded a lot. Theres also a few gateways, like the nv73, nv74, nv78 series, but these are not necessarily upgradeable unless you know that they have a dedicated card already. Clevo/ Sager laptops are meant to be upgraded, but you'll still have to pay a lot for one. Do research on anything before buying. The best laptops around to upgrade are the MSI gx640, gt640 etc if you can find one for cheap. But you said crap laptop. Yes the only way is to find broken Acer machines, cheap motherboards etc. At this point you are basically going into the repairing trade and might as well learn board level repair.

Can you upgrade your graphics card for gateway nv78?

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