With the new MacBook is it possible to update your graphics card? from a 9400M G to a 9600 GT for example... is this possible and worth it?
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JaxonK
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Upgrade Graphics on new MacBook
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thats really dissapointing... i was hoping you could manually upgrade it ater you bought it but no dice i guess? 🙁
Eidorian
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There are very few laptops that have upgradeable graphics. If one does it's going to be a rather expensive gaming laptop with limited availability MXM cards. I've known a few people to tear apart their Dell Latitudes to replace the video cards with ones off of eBay but that's not so hard to do.
mobilehavoc
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Will never be possible, the 9400M GPU is part of the motherboard chipset so you'd essentially have to replace the entire motherboard.
zombie1210
macrumors regular
I wouldn't say "stuck".
The 9400 works fine. I play COD 4 with no problems and a decent frame rate. A major improvement over the last gen video.
The 9400 works fine. I play COD 4 with no problems and a decent frame rate. A major improvement over the last gen video.
Its integrated which means its not a separate item that can be removed, but even the dedicated graphics on the MBP can't be upgraded.
Well Final Cut Studio works okay if sluggish on my friend's late 07 MacBook and with the upgrades to processor, FSB, RAM and graphics I see no reason why the new MacBooks couldn't run FCS2 if not well then at least not terribly sluggish.