Do MXM cards work in PCI-E slots? (Upgrading laptop GPU)

[01swodniW]

I have a HP Pavilion 15 p209ax, which I am 90% sure has an upgradable graphics card. I have been told that I can use a graphics card used in other very similar laptops, but I can't seem to find any of those GPUs for sale. I have tried looking at other GPUs such as the NVIDIA GeForce 660M, but it is an MXM-B card and my GPU is PCI-E x8. Are MXM-B cards compatible with PCI-E slots? If not, is there some sort of adapter? Are there any cards that I could use in my computer?

Thank you. I am quite new to this.

CPU: AMD A6-6310 APU With Radeon R4 Graphics
imgur.com/0Dr5pBn

GPU: AMD R7 M260
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Motherboard: imgur.com/plVV3ja

 

[bignastyid]

The gpu in your laptop is soldered to the motherboard. Very few laptop support gpu upgrades.

 

[01swodniW]

The gpu in your laptop is soldered to the motherboard. Very few laptop support gpu upgrades.

I was told it was not soldered. Are you sure?

 

[galeener]

MXM some are not soldered in and are removable. Go to the manufacture webvsite and look your model up it will tell you. Also I think you have to use the same series mxm If I remember correctly its the way they are wired. You probably won't find a new mxm for your system if it is replacable usually you have to hunt around ebay and places like that.Have alook at this site
http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/Table.html

 

[bignastyid]

Have you looked at the motherboard? Because all the boards i have seen for that model clearly show a soldered gpu and no mxm port. Its a mid range laptop at best and an MXM would have been rather surprising on such a model. The service manual also indicates a soldered gpu.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC-series/7486459/model/7598050/manuals

 

[01swodniW]

Have you looked at the motherboard? Because all the boards i have seen for that model clearly show a soldered gpu and no mxm port. Its a mid range laptop at best and an MXM would have been rather surprising on such a model. The service manual also indicates a soldered gpu.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC-series/7486459/model/7598050/manuals

I honestly don't know. I thought that since there was an APU and a GPU the GPU wouldn't be soldered. Take a look at this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3202954/laptop-integrated-graphics-graphics-card-graphics-card-upgradable.html

 

[bignastyid]

Sorry but it looks like you were misinformed. I have proved proof of my claims. Somebody assumed and obviously didnt bother to verify what they wete saying.

 

[01swodniW]

Sorry but it looks like you were misinformed. I have proved proof of my claims. Somebody assumed and obviously didnt bother to verify what they wete saying.

Well that's disappointing. What about eGPUS? (that would probably be hard due not having anywhere for the cable to come out of.(DVD slot?))Or taking out the DVD slot and placing a GPU there? (Sorry if those are stupid questions.)

 

[bignastyid]

Imho egpus are a waste on systems that were not designed to be used with one. Theres not an available bus on your system that wont significantly hold back a gpu, plus youd have to use an external monitor. At best you could use a mini pci-e or express port adapter but they will only have 1 pci-e lane, plus it may require physical modification, external psu, adapters. Alot of time and money and in the end i doubt you will see any improvement over your current gpu.

 

[01swodniW]

Imho egpus are a waste on systems that were not designed to be used with one. Theres not an available bus on your system that wont significantly hold back a gpu, plus youd have to use an external monitor. At best you could use a mini pci-e or express port adapter but they will only have 1 pci-e lane, plus it may require physical modification, external psu, adapters. Alot of time and money and in the end i doubt you will see any improvement over your current gpu.

Thank you for your help. Apart from SSDs, RAM, updating drivers, overclocking, and of course, buying a new laptop, is there anything else I could do to achieve some sort of better gaming performance?

 

[bignastyid]

Unfortunately there isnt.