Can I upgrade the GPU of the laptop I bought from PC Specialist?

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webber789

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I bought a laptop nearly 7 years ago and it was a great investment. Its key specs are:

Chassis & Display = Vortex Series: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) = Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) = 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

However, I've tried to play the recently released Black Mesa and the graphics look pretty bad with jaggery edges which I presume is the now outdated GPU's fault.
To be honest I probably picked a lower grade card even back then, but its failings are even more pronounced now.

So I was wondering if I can get my GPU updated?
I read online that most GPU in laptops can't be; is this correct?

Failing that; if I were to build a new laptop could I use some of the currently in use components (I'm thinking specifically about the 16GB of RAM)?

Many thanks for your help in advance
James
 
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webber789 said:
I bought a laptop nearly 7 years ago and it was a great investment. Its key specs are:

Chassis & Display = Vortex Series: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) = Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) = 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

However, I've tried to play the recently released Black Mesa and the graphics look pretty bad with jaggery edges which I presume is the now outdated GPU's fault.
To be honest I probably picked a lower grade card even back then, but its failings are even more pronounced now.

So I was wondering if I can get my GPU updated?
I read online that most GPU in laptops can't be; is this correct?

Failing that; if I were to build a new laptop could I use some of the currently in use components (I'm thinking specifically about the 16GB of RAM)?

Many thanks for your help in advance
James
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The 670 was a good high end card but yes, it is a bit old now. Despite the GPU, the CPU will be a bottleneck also.

You wouldn't be able to to update the GPU as there are a few factors involved:

1. The GPU is designed specifically for the chassis, so not all newer cards will fit. Even if you could, new laptop GPU's are about £1k just for an equivalent powered card.

2. You'd need a BIOS update to recognise the new card, and they only places you could get that would be PCS or Clevo themselves, but it would be a custom job and neither of them do custom BIOS.

I'm afraid you would need a new laptop.

The RAM on that laptop is DDR3, and all modern builds are on DDR4 so it's not compatible physically.

You could take any of the drives and use those but that's all.
 
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