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Can i crossfire it ?

Sanjay Srivastava

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I have a lenovo g505s with an integrated apu graphic card and a 2gb dedicated graphic card which is a dual way crossfire. Now the question is ,, i want to buy a graphic card Gddr5 and perform a 3 way crossfire ,,in my laptop,.is it possible ??
 
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Most laptops, like yours, cannot have the GPU upgraded or another added. Their configuration is set when purchased, except for RAM and HDD/SDD, maybe CPU. Other upgrades would require a motherboard upgrade and that's only if there is an upgrade that fits your case.
Most laptops, like yours, cannot have the GPU upgraded or another added. Their configuration is set when purchased, except for RAM and HDD/SDD, maybe CPU. Other upgrades would require a motherboard upgrade and that's only if there is an upgrade that fits your case.
 
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It's not the same thing. For most laptops the GPU is soldered onto the motherboard and/or integrated into the CPU. In this case, you have both of those. I have never seen a entry level laptop with an upgradeable GPU. Only certain models of laptop have upgradeable GPU's and they tend to be expensive. And those that do have it, will usually have a notation like: [User Upgradeable], like the one here:
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8268-clevo-p150sma-p-6986.html?wconfigure=yes
That is the cheapest laptop I found (on that site) that had a GPU that could be upgraded by the user after purchase.

Laptop upgradeable GPU's look like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Alienware-Nvidia-GTX-880M-880M-8GB-VIDEO-Graphics-CARD-Alienware-N15E-GX-A2-/151309142718?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item233aba4abe