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sve17133ctb vaio laptop, gpu replacement

emre1879 — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 07:44:09 GMT

Hello. I am new so I'm sorry if this is the wrong section. I have a 1 year old vaio laptop:sve17133ctb

gpu:Amd HD 7650m 2 gb
processor: i7 3632 QM
Ram:8 GB

So I love my laptop and there has not been any problems to this day. But as a gamer this gpu is not enough to play the new games at high settings(which is normal) so I want to replace it. I know that it is nearly impossible, even if it is it will be expensive etc. I have been searcing internet for the last couple of days and I found out that it is possible if it is a dedicated gpu and if I am not wrong HD 7650m is a dedicated gpu. Before I start to ask around and visit a local pc store, I just wanted to ask here if there is anything in my way that I dont know? I know that it is not supported by Sony and I will violate my warranty if I do this, but I am ready to take the risks cause I will either do this, or spend so much money on a gaming laptop, plus, I am very happy with this laptop. So is there anything I dont know that this dedicated gpu is somehow glued to the motherboard or something?
P.S: I am not experienced with hardware I just know a little bit, I may have wrote something wrong.
Thanks in advance.

Re: sve17133ctb vaio laptop, gpu replacement

Nobody-in-particular — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 08:43:06 GMT

Hi, because the GPU chip is an intergrated part of the motherboard it is not possible to upgrade your GPU.

Re: sve17133ctb vaio laptop, gpu replacement

emre1879 — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:31:43 GMT

hmm.. then why everywhere on internet people is checking if the gpu is dedicated or integrated? I checked and found out that is dedicated yet you say integrated. I even checked the graphic interface of motherboard and it says that it is PCI Express and a guy on youtube says that it is replacable. So can you explain a bit? Is this only for sony vaios? That it is impossible to replace even though the gpu is dedicated?

Re: sve17133ctb vaio laptop, gpu replacement

kriptikchicken — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 20:07:56 GMT

Dedicated and integrated are two totally different things.

A dedicated GPU means that all it does is graphics, nothing else. (i.e. dedicated to that sole task)

If a GPU is integrated, that means it is physically soldered to the motherboard. (i.e. there is no physical socket that you could put another chip in or old one out of - for all intensive purposes it is part of the motherboard)

PCI Express is a type of architecture, on desktops (where space, size and weight is not such an issue) you can have integrated and/or interchangeable cards. As far as I know this is not so for ALL laptops (stop me if I am wrong).

Re: sve17133ctb vaio laptop, gpu replacement

emre1879 — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:05:29 GMT