toshiba laptop gpu upgrade

jetlee83

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Oct 10, 2013
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hello,I have recently purchased a Toshiba laptop with the amd a6 quad core processor and built in ati Radeon hd 8200 gpu. I was wondering if the following motherboard can have a dedicated or discrete gpu added to it as the onboard one I use currently is a bit lacking when it comes to gaming:
Motherboard
Manufacturer AMD
Model PT10AN (Socket FT1)
Version PSCGWE-02X00REN
Chipset Vendor AMD
Chipset Model ID1536
Chipset Revision 00
Southbridge Vendor AMD
Southbridge Model A55/A60M
Southbridge Revision 11
System Temperature 63 °C
BIOS
Brand Insyde Corp.
Version 1.10
Date 22/05/2013
PCI Data
Slot PCI-E Gen 2 x2
Slot Type PCI-E Gen 2 x2
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x2
Slot Designation J3606
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, Hot Plug
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI-E x1
Slot Type PCI-E x1
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation J3703
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, Hot Plug
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI-E x1
Slot Type PCI-E x1
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation J3700
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, Hot Plug
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI-E x1
Slot Type PCI-E x1
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation J3701
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, Hot Plug
Slot Number 3
Slot PCI-E x1
Slot Type PCI-E x1
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation J2500
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, Hot Plug
Slot Number 4
Slot PC-98/Card
Slot Type PC-98/Card
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation J615
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, CardBus, Modem Ring Resume, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 5

many thanks for the advice
 
You really cant add a graphics card do a laptop by yourself. You might be able to but i have no idea how to do it. From what i know you would have to upgrade the computer to upgrade the graphics. If you are gaming, i would suggest building your own computer. For the same price of that laptop, you can get better performance.
 

Graphics cards are embedded into the motherboard, so you wouldn't be able to change it without changing the motherboard. There might be an available pci-e slot, but it could be x1 for something like a wifi card rather than x16 for a graphics card, not sure if laptop graphics cards are x16, though