I want to upgrade my laptops graphics card??

mutluturk

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I have a TOSHIBA Qosmio X875-Q7390. Its graphics card which is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 3GB GDDR5 dedicated has broken down. Since I need to replace it, I'd like to upgrade it. To GeForce GTX 760M. Or even maybe to GeForce GTX 850M. What do you say? Can I?
 
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that should have said didn't found any parts/service manual.

system board is going to be even tougher as it have to fit inside the laptop.

mutluturk

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even if it was soldered in, they need to be replaced when they broken down right? I mean when that happens are we going to replace the whole motherboard?
 

rgd1101

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You need to check the system board. Didn't found any parts/service manual for that toshiba model. So unless someone successfully upgrade to another model, I wouldn't waste my money for a different model, although it does use the MXM, so you could replace it with the same model
 

mutluturk

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okey makes sense. laptop is at the service, i am gonna see it soon as it's dissembled. I am gonna check if anybody ever did a upgrade. Do you think i can replace it with the motherboard? cause motherboards look cheap next GPUs. I can choose a motherboard which is compatible with my current CPU and prospective GPU. how does that sound?

 

mutluturk

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ok thanks. I got it. looks like my idea is practically impossible. Thanks for the help. I appreciate.
 

hivort

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You are not crazy. These gpu of qosmio x875 is not soldered to the motherboard it uses a mxm 3.0b standard slot. That doesn't mean though that you can stick whatever mxm3 gpu in it. Mine came with a 680m, so at the very least this update should be possible. I am trying to figure right the compatibility with newer versions