laptop graphics cards

[nate39]

I have an opportunity to get a nice laptop that I am told the graphics card is dying but otherwise it is fine. It is a Nvidia discreet card which it seems a lot of laptops have problems with these. I happen to have a radeon card but I am wondering if these are interchangeable like PCI Express in desktops? From the pictures of repair websites the slots look the same but I don't want to spend money and then have to turn around and buy another vid card. Does anyone have an answer for me? Thanks

[pby5cat]

What laptop is it? and though it may be an MXM type b slot, the nVidia cooling head, probably wont line up with the AMD card.

[nate39]

Thanks for the help. After I posted this I was able to find the different MXM slots. But you make an important point that if the chip isn't in the same place it still wouldn't work.

[pby5cat]

What laptop is it?

[nate39]

It was Asus but I don't know what kind. I let it go because of the above mentioned problem. I didn't have enough time to see whether mine would have worked.