Upgrading Laptop GPU

[rintamarotta]

Hello im trying to find upgrade to my laptops gpu.

My Laptop is HP dv5-1095eo and graphics card is GeForce 9600M GT.

Im trying to find GeForce 160M, 260M or 9800M series graphics cards but have not been able to find any of them from ebay or anywhere else.

Anyone knows where those can be found? For price, id like it to be below 500USD.

[ToTTenTranz]

First you'll have to check if your graphics card is replaceable at all (MXM module).
Then you'll have to check which type of MXM it's in your laptop.
I assume the 9600M GT is MXM-II whereas the ones you mentioned are MXM-III.
If your laptop supports GPU upgrading, you're stuck with that card until new offerings from nVidia and ATI are available.

Also, you'd have to check if your power source supports the extra GPU consumption. I've had to change my power brick when I changed GPUs in my Dell.

[rintamarotta]

Yes my laptop have MXM slot and i also belive that 9800M series is also MXM-II Standard as is my slot, so it should not be problem upgrading to that gpu.

Or am i right?

[TRF-Inferno]

The Dv5 does not have removeable graphics module; all the 'discrete' graphics are integrated to the mainboard. See page 92-93 and 99 of the service manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01550108.pdf