Salvaging a 1070 from my laptop?

[WildWestRonin]

in these trying times (plus I'm new to actually building PCs, although I've been picking up knowledge for years) I bought a used GTX 1650, not the refreshed/newer version, but I realized that the GPU I have in my laptop is actually a 1070, which is about 30% stronger across the board, on paper. While I haven't got tons of experience with computers I am equipped with soldering equipment, a full complement of normal tools, and I know others with more experience (with tools and with computers); does anybody know of this being done before (and what survived the operation), or can I write off this option already as a waste of time and effort? I'm not chasing a marginal improvement and I still want a stable system, and am even optimistic at swapping the cards (low form factor 1650) but both cards are obviously used, and I have them both in person.

[WhitetailAni]

Your laptop does not have a regular GTX 1070 graphics card in it, so no, this is not possible. It instead has a GTX 1070 die mounted to the laptop's motherboard.

[Mnky313]

Why not just use the laptop?

It's near impossible to remove and replace a GPU die from something like a graphics card or laptop motherboard without expensive specialized tools.
Even then, you can't do anything with it unless you have a 1070 PCB to put the GPU die on.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Waste of Effort IMO.

Too many factors to go through really.

Not worth it.

[WildWestRonin]

Thank you guys, even though the mad scientist and engineer within me are sad, I appreciate y'alls' input.

[HanZie82]

Well there are options.

But those are higly dependent on the notebook and the type.
Is it a thin and light dont even bother.
Big desktop replacements might have a seperate GPU board, and in the past there were notebooks with MxM slots.
Like My old Acer 8930 has MxM card in it, theoreticly i could replace it with a newer card. Just the BIOS wont accept it. Only a very limited amount of them are actually programmed in.

[WildWestRonin]

1 hour ago, HanZie82 said:

Like My old Acer 8930 has MxM card in it, theoreticly i could replace it with a newer card. Just the BIOS wont accept it. Only a very limited amount of them are actually programmed in.

Mine isn't tiny but if this is the case, it doesn't seem worth pursuing, thank you!

[Mark Kaine]

I once saw a tutorial (written, with pics, not a video) how someone frankensteinered a MX850 on a MX840 board or something  - it was pretty incredible (including lapping the die or heatsink to make it fit) - he also said it cost him 500 bucks for the GPU (lol)

 

 

Unfortunately I cant find it anymore, it was some obscure overclocking forum…