Upgrade graphics card

[outlando]

Hey

I just bought a VGN-A617B, which ships with the ATI Mobility Radeon X600 graphics card. I'm trying to find out if I can upgrade this graphics card to the Mobility X700 or X800 (preferably X800).

I think the X600 is AXIOM compliant, which would theoretically make it swappable, but I don't know about space requirements inside the chassis.

Does anyone know if this is something I could do myself? I have upgraded desktop components before, but never on a laptop.

[Thalamus.]

Hey

I just bought a VGN-A617B, which ships with the ATI Mobility Radeon X600 graphics card. I'm trying to find out if I can upgrade this graphics card to the Mobility X700 or X800 (preferably X800).

I think the X600 is AXIOM compliant, which would theoretically make it swappable, but I don't know about space requirements inside the chassis.

Does anyone know if this is something I could do myself? I have upgraded desktop components before, but never on a laptop.

Hi outlando

Welcome to the Forum,

Unfortunatly as far as I am aware you can't upgarde your graphics card as they are integrated onto the motherboard and therefore cannot be changed.

[outlando]

Hey, thanks for getting back to me.

On reading the tech specs of the card on the ATI site, it suggests that AXIOM means that the card isn't soldered to the board. This goes for both the Mobility X600 and Mobility X800.

Of course, I could be mistaken, not knowing anything of laptop innards...


Thanks anyway :smileygrin:

[kee-lo_]

Hi,

When the A series was released they were still soldering the GPU to the motherboard.

[outlando]

Even the new A series?

[Thalamus.]

I think so

[William]

I would think a removeable Graphics Card in a notebook would feature heavily in a Sony advertising campaign.

It will happen one day but I don't think its happened yet

[kee-lo_]

Yeah we would have been inondated with emails from Sony