can you upgrade you graphix card is an acer aspire laptop?

Question

i have an acer aspire 9500 laptop that i bought about 6 months ago and now i went to upgrade my graphix card to anotherone it has a ati mobility radoed that i screwed up by trying to overclock it. So what card can anyone reccomend for me?? i want to be able to play Quake 4 without the lagg.
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_9500_Laptops/prod.asp

Answer 1

Hey
yes u can upgrade any graphix card the only problem will be money, usually they are very expensive. I currently am using a 512MB NVIDIA Goforce 7200 graphics card and its top of the line.. perfect for if you are a gamer.
If you really want one go for this one as it is THE BEST. ATI Radeon is a good card to but personally i prefer NVIDIA. hope this helps

Answer 2

After looking @ your laptop, the person above who stated that you can't is correct in saying that it is integrated onto the motherboard.....what told me this is the part that said Integrated TV Tuner whis is a component of the graphics chipset. The only laptop I am aware of that has a video module that can be upgraded is Alienware....possibly Sager but not sure there. That is the main reason I went with Alienware...to be able to upgrade the graphics chip...you MIGHT get lucky and the graphics chip isn't soldered onto the motherboard...instead it being in a slot but highly unlikely..there ARE some docking stations that have an AGP slot where you can put in a video card, but that's about the best thing I can think of for you..otherwise, it's time to start looking for a new laptop..sorry

Answer 3

in the near future we will be able to remove the gfx card and upgrade it in a laptop.

at the present moment only the latest and newest laptops support this - you will have to contact Acer and enquire about your model.

Answer 4

Isn't the graphics card built in to the mother board?