Can I upgrade my graphics card for better gaming performance?

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To expand a little in explanation, the graphics chip is soldered onto the laptop motherboard. The only possible thing you could do is find another HP laptop mainboard in your series that comes with an R9 series GPU. But even then, even in the rarity of you finding one for sale, it may not fit.

Laptops are just about always proprietary and each model is unique in internal component layout. This is crucial for many reasons, with the cooling solution being among the highest priorities. I have two HP G7 series laptops, and the only thing that is interchangeable among them besides the usual things like memory is the cooling fan.

Unlike desktop PCs with _TX standardization (motherboard size and layout and mount holes, power supply size...
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To expand a little in explanation, the graphics chip is soldered onto the laptop motherboard. The only possible thing you could do is find another HP laptop mainboard in your series that comes with an R9 series GPU. But even then, even in the rarity of you finding one for sale, it may not fit.

Laptops are just about always proprietary and each model is unique in internal component layout. This is crucial for many reasons, with the cooling solution being among the highest priorities. I have two HP G7 series laptops, and the only thing that is interchangeable among them besides the usual things like memory is the cooling fan.

Unlike desktop PCs with _TX standardization (motherboard size and layout and mount holes, power supply size, etc.), laptop makers do not have a basic form factor standard to adhere to.
 
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