Is it possible to change the video/graphics card in a laptop, and if so than how?

Look at thing up there ^^^Is it possible to change the video/graphics card in a laptop, and if so than how?
This is very difficult if not impossible for the following reasons:



Many laptops don't use a card per se but a chip integrated onto the MoBo. called ';Integrated Graphics'; they have their pros and cons - with upgradeability in the latter. If you see a machine whose graphics specs include an Intel GMA X3100, you're looking at an IG machine. I haven't heard of an IG laptop that also has a slot for an add-on card.



There are some lappies that use dedicated cards much like desktops do, but the odds of upgrading these things is also problematic. the lappies that use cards are identifiable as being larger and more expensive than smaller machines with IG, but these machines are hard to upgrade because there are so many more different form factors for laptops than dsktops. There may be several different (and non-interchangeable) cards for several different machines, even if they involve the same chipset (Mobility Radeon, Geforce Go), even if the machines have the same manufacturer.



As an example - I picked up an AlienWare 766 laptop at a garage sale, not having the time to go check the internet for the host of angry customers who bought one and now can't replace their existing cards. (AW actually advertised that machine as having a user-upgradeable card; specifically, there were 2 Geforce and 2 ATI cards available, and it wasn;t long before AW moved to the next generation of computers, and the supply of cards dried up.) There are many available laptop video cards on eBay based on the same chipset used on the 766, but the cards are built to fit into other computers (mostly the Inspiron). It's nice to have that graphics power in a lappie, but it's also the weak link between you and your machine not becoming a $2500 paperweight. To give AW some credit, they never made their own computers, just bought them from other manufacturers - it's not clear what input they had with Sager, Clevo or Uniwill.



So, to sum up - it is possible, but not very easy. Check the website for the company that made your PC - they should have info on your laptop that will tell you what your options are.Is it possible to change the video/graphics card in a laptop, and if so than how?
It depends on your laptop. Some brands don't have a video card -- the chips are a permanent part of the motherboard. A handful of laptops have PCI Express video cards which could theoretically be swapped for another PCI Express video card.