are max q chips replaceable

[Darth Wilhelm]

I have been looking into max Q notebooks and when reading a review for the Gigabyte Aero 15x, I found the line "However, you can trick this laptop out with a GTX 1080 Max-Q graphics chip and double the storage for a cool $2,579 (£2,660, AU$4,999) – not bad for a huge upgrade." the aero 15x comes with a stock 1070. So does this mean that a max Q chip is user replacable? And if they are can someone send a link to where one can get the individual chips

 

 

Link to review:

https://www.techradar.com/reviews/gigabyte-aero-15x

[Jurrunio]

No. It's Gigabyte soldering a different GPU to the motherboard. Gigabyte Aero 15x doesnt use MXM graphics cards.

[Guest Generallee]

For them to be replaceable, they would have to be MXM gpu's which according to this article, could be

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2975/geforce-gtx-1080-max-q

 

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Being a mxm module card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 150 W maximum. GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q is connected to the rest of the system using a PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.

As for where to find em, no idea mate. Also your laptop's gpu is soldered.

[sicily428]

2 hours ago, william axton hylle said:

I have been looking into max Q notebooks and when reading a review for the Gigabyte Aero 15x, I found the line "However, you can trick this laptop out with a GTX 1080 Max-Q graphics chip and double the storage for a cool $2,579 (£2,660, AU$4,999) – not bad for a huge upgrade." the aero 15x comes with a stock 1070. So does this mean that a max Q chip is user replacable? And if they are can someone send a link to where one can get the individual chips

 

 

Link to review:

https://www.techradar.com/reviews/gigabyte-aero-15x

nope