Is it possible to upgrade GPU in this Laptop from PCSpecialist

[Jools]

Hey,

I brought this Laptop on 30-06-2011 and its done well so far. I know the GPU is in a custom bracket for that card, but I wanted to know if its possible to upgrade the graphics card as this really is the only bottleneck I have. As the laptop was built here I was hoping someone could give me an idea on what I can do to upgrade the GPU. As this is a custom built laptop in a fairly big case, I would hope this is a possibility.


Here are the specs:

Chassis & Display Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED 16:9 Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2820QM (2.30GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 1.5GB nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470M - DirectX® 11 (17.3" Vortex II)
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - Hard Disk 250GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 315MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
RAID NONE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive SONY BD-5730S 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ HD - Audiophile-Grade Notebook Sound

Thanks

 

[keynes]

I really doubt it is possible due to the age of the chassis and probably no bios upgrade available. You may want to consult PCS directly.

 

[Álvaro]

Doesn't it have a second slot by the looks of your description? You might also be able of getting a second one and putting them into an SLI

 

[keynes]

Doesn't it have a second slot by the looks of your description? You might also be able of getting a second one and putting them into an SLI

The chassis does not support sli

 

[Pepsi_Jamie]

I don't think they can. I contacted them to see if they would offer upgrades for future hardware (and even to service my laptop in general) and they said it isn't possible. It's worth asking them regardless.