Laptop Compatible Cards?

[thunderthighs]

i have an HP Pavilion laptop and i want to buy Grand theft Auto V on Steam.
Only problem is, my graphics card does not have enough dedicated RAM to handle it (GTAV requires 1 GB, my laptop has 768 MB)
Are there any graphics cards that i can buy (at an inexpensive price) that are compatible with my laptop?
I'd also prefer to replace it myself, however I've heard that GPU's are sautered (spelled wrong) to the motherboard.
If anyone could give me suggestions or a link to a GPU that's compatible, it'd be greatly appreciated

 

[Gam3r01]

Almost all laptops short of high end gaming models have integrated graphics soldered (there you go) to the motherboard.
Some high tier models have discrete graphics.

That aside, you will not be able to upgrade your laptops graphics.

 

[thunderthighs]

Almost all laptops short of high end gaming models have integrated graphics soldered (there you go) to the motherboard.
Some high tier models have discrete graphics.

That aside, you will not be able to upgrade your laptops graphics.

I was told i could have an external GPU? do you know anything about that?

 

[Gam3r01]

A few years ago there was a "way" to do so.
It required using an external PCI lane in tandem with an desktop power supply. The company who manufactured the lanes were charging close to 100 bucks for them on top of the card and the PSU.

In short, there is no feasible way to do it.

 

[USAFRet]

Almost all laptops short of high end gaming models have integrated graphics soldered (there you go) to the motherboard.
Some high tier models have discrete graphics.

That aside, you will not be able to upgrade your laptops graphics.

I was told i could have an external GPU? do you know anything about that?

You were told by whom?

Given the right laptop with the right ports, you could probably turn it into a badly performing, very expensive, 'desktop', using an old GPU.
But from the start, your HP probably isn't 'the right laptop'.