Animal Mother

hey guys i recently had to part with my desktop (QQ) for a laptop i needed for college, and i just have a couple questions about laptops:

1. Overclockable?
2. can you (depending on model) swap video cards?
3. is ATI better or Nvidia for laptop cards, or does it really matter

My laptop is a Gateway M6864FX

J.Harris

No, you don't want to overclock a laptop, you can, but the heatsink can't keep up with the extra heat. And i'm pretty sure you can swap out video cards, but like I said, the stock heatsinks are pretty much limited to that specific card, anything hotter, and the heatsink can't keep up with it.

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Speedma11229

1- I'm sure its possible to overclock but to a very limited extent plus the heat will be a major problem so you would overheat your laptop

2- Not sure

3- depends on the model like a mobility radeon 3650 is better than geforce 7100

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Animal Mother

yah thats what i thought about the heat, my laptop isnt in need of a new video card yet, it has the ATI HD 2600, but im curious to know if i could upgrade in the future

reezin14

1)You can oc a notebook usually threw software,but it's not recommended(fans can't dissipate heat well enough to run over specs poor ventilation).

2)Yes you can swap gfx's cards depending on notebook,but in most situations no.

3)Both seem to make pretty good cards for notebooks,but at the moment I think Nvidia is a step ahead in this department.

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J.Harris

Just picking, but i'm pretty sure the heatsink dissipates the heat.

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Kip69

Well. Heat sinks store the heat and the fans blow it out. Laptops have small sinks and fans so heat is the issue.

I have never heard of anyone upgrading a GPU on a laptop other than when you buy it.

You will not like gaming on a laptop, so the GPU is not the important thing. Expect less for all games

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steve00ses

Its worth a try, sometimes you can really get some good performance out of the laptops, cause sometimes they are severally underclocked. Gaming on a laptop is just as fun as a desktop...Some laptops you can swap the cards.

Vostro

Look at my sig. Ive been running this FOR A YEAR! Just watch your temps if you want to overclock and youll be fine.

techie2

alll graphics chips are soldered to the mobo so no to the upgrade... if you know of one that isn't soldered please show me would love to know!