Upgrade graphics card

[Nesh29]

I have Gtx960m 2gb in my laptop. My question is, if I upgrade Gtx960m to Gtx980m does it cost me lower than buying a new graphics card?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

i really don't understand your question.
the 960m is the laptop's graphics card. to upgrade to a 980m you will be buying a new graphics card, removing the 960m, and installing the 980m in it's place.

and just an FYI in case it applies to you;
working on a laptop is not like working on a desktop, i just hope you have experience inside laptops first. you will also be totally voiding any warranty your laptop may have.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

there is a good chance that the graphics card in laptop can be not upgradeable.

 

[techgeek]

Only very select laptops have upgradeable graphics cards (via MXM), it is unlikely that you have one. The reason that upgradeable graphics hasn't really caught on is the thermal solution is engineered to handle a specific amount of heat. Most laptops have a single heatsink assembly with heatpipes running to the CPU and another set of heatpipes running to the GPU. Unless it was intentionally designed with upgrades in mind, the thermal solution will only handle the components of the stock laptop. Since laptops are typically built to cost, building a more expensive cooling solution for a feature that may or may not get used isn't feasible in most cases.

What we may see catch on though is external graphics boxes that connect to the laptop. Since these boxes run full desktop GPU's in them, they could ideally be upgraded to whatever the user wants assuming the power supply in the box can handle the card.