Laptop GPU replacement??

[notanotherusername]

So I've got a ASUS G501-VW which comes with a 960M. I was wondering if I could replace the GPU with a 1050? Is it even possible to replace a laptop graphics card?

[Pendragon]

1 minute ago, notanotherusername said:

So I've got a ASUS G501-VW which comes with a 960M. I was wondering if I could replace the GPU with a 1050? Is it even possible to replace a laptop graphics card?

No you cannot with your laptop. Yes it is possible if it's an MXM gpu. 

[The Sloth]

20 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

No you cannot with your laptop. Yes it is possible if it's an MXM gpu. 

fyi they are hard to get and much more expensive not really worth the price. 

[Pendragon]

20 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

fyi they are hard to get and much more expensive not really worth the price. 

not really. there are plenty of old school Alienware's who receive pascal upgrades.

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Pendragon said:

not really. there are plenty of old school Alienware's who receive pascal upgrades.

can you show me some examples? 

[Pendragon]

6 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

can you show me some examples? 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/alienware-17-r5-gtx-1070-mxm-3-1b.800137/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/msi-1070-in-alienware-17-r1-ranger-success.797893/

 

This is just a random example. There's actually tons of others. Some replacing the 980m core, some modding even older AWs to accept 1070s. End of the day, there are cool things you can do with MXM. 

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/alienware-17-r5-gtx-1070-mxm-3-1b.800137/

 

This is just a random example. There's actually tons of others. Some replacing the 980m core, some modding even older AWs to accept 1070s. End of the day, there are cool things you can do with MXM. 

 

that's cool but they are "laptops". thanks for the link i am not very familiar with MXM cards but i know for a fact they are expensive compared to the regular desktop cards.