Laptop Graphics Upgrade

nathan2013 · Mar 11, 2013

Hi i have just bought a Acer Aspire V3-771G

It has the dedicated graphics but i want a better graphics card for this.

They have told me that the graphics card can be upgraded but i will have the ask my local technician.

To be honest these guys at Acer barely speak a word of English and i would like a second opinion on this.

The laptops graphics card is the Nvidia Geforce 710m

ittimjones · Mar 11, 2013

it's soldered onto the system board. You CANNOT upgrade it after purchasing it. There may be an option to upgrade that model laptop from the base GPU to a better GPU before purchasing it, but after purchasing it, ur stuck with what it has.

You really can't upgrade system components in laptops much. You can always change the HDD or RAM, but it's tough to change the screen, keyboard, or disk drive in most cases (if at all possible). Sometimes you can upgrade CPU. But you can never upgrade the GPU or anything else soldered to the main board.

Kindredsouls · Mar 11, 2013

I agree with ittimjones.

nathan2013 · Mar 11, 2013

Why would they tell me that it can be upgraded but might have compatible issues and to speak to my local technician.

Kindredsouls · Mar 11, 2013

Depends a lot on who you spoke with. The level 1 technicians usually don't know much about computers at all. They type in the problem or question you have on their computer and a pre-generated script comes up with the answer they give you. So that's a possibility. Another is they could have misunderstood what you were asking. As ittimjones said, "There may be an option to upgrade that model laptop from the base GPU to a better GPU before purchasing it". The representative from Acer could have thought you meant that, and not what you really were thinking, which is upgrading the GPU after you purchased the laptop.

nathan2013 · Mar 11, 2013

Thanks, im going to send this laptop back then big piece of junk. I have just paid £1000 for it. Can anyone recommend another laptop that will come with a good graphics card are a way to use an external graphics card with this one.

Kindredsouls · Mar 11, 2013

Off hand I don't know of a good gaming laptop but if I was going to seek one out I would start with either Asus or Dell. Both make quality gaming laptops. Dell has the Alienware (http://www.alienware.com/Landings/laptops.aspx?~ck=mn) laptop product line and Asus has their Gseries (G55 and G75 http://usa.asus.com/Notebooks/).

I hope that helps and I wish you luck!

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