Graphics Card Options for HP Notebooks

[jsciullo]

My son has an HP Notebook (sorry but I dont know what model) and now wants to run some newer games that the laptop graphics card cant support. There doesnt seem to be an option to upgrade the internal graphics card but he seems to think that you can purchase an external graphics card that will give him more gaming power and let him use an external monitor. Any suggestions if such an animal exists and what is the experience using it for games.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[daedalus685]

No, you can not upgrade a notebook like that. There are a few that might have teh gpu in a slot that would be theoreticalyl possible to replace, but you would have a hard time finding one (would have to contact HP) and it would cost an arm and a leg.

You might be able to send teh laptop into HP for an upgrade, depends on teh model. But 99% of the timeyou get what you get with a notebook. Upgrading anything but the most basic thing (RAM and HDD) are not intended and often impossible.