Upgrading the graphics card in my HP G6

[prmarsh123]

I Just wanted to know if it is possible to upgrade the graphics card on my HP G6 and if so which ones will fit my laptop

thanks

[DavidPK]

Hi,

It's very unlikely you will be able to upgrade the video adapter as most ( even if described as dedicated ) are physically soldered to the Motherboard and as such, it's not an upgradeable component.

What is the full Model No. and Product No. of the notebook ( from the service tag underneath your notebook ) - see Here for a further explanation?

Regards,

DP-K

[prmarsh123]

The Serial No. is {Removed for privacy} and the product No. is QG840EA

and its is a G6 1235SA

[DavidPK]

Hi,

Sorry, the Intel chip is integrated into the Motherboard and is definitely not upgradeable.

Best regards,

DP-K

[prmarsh123]

are there any other ways of speeding up the graphics for gaming?

thanks

[DavidPK]

Hi,

Other than tweaking a few of the game setting such as the fps, there is really not much you can do to improve the performance of the chip, it's simply not very powerful.

If you enjoy gaming on a notebook, you really need to look for a machine with a dedicated card, that has a good ammount of fast dedicated ram onboard - ie atleast 1Gb+ of dedicated ddr5 ram.

Regards,

DP-K

[Guybrush]

Hi

I've got the G6 - 1112SA with ATI 4250. Is this graphics / video upgrade possible?

I've seen 2 threads regarding intel chipsets, but I've got the AMD Phenom II X4 4gb RAM model

Many thanks for your time 🙂

[Huffer]

No sorry. The same advice appies to your video chip. 99.5% of laptops have the video chip soldered directly onto the motherboard, whether the video is "integrated", "dedicated", or "switchable". There is just no upgrade path. When you buy a laptop you have to be thinking about whether you want to use it for gaming and ask a lot of questions. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of reliable information available at the point of sale about laptop graphics, and the manufacturers do not help by touting high theoretical video memory capacity for laptops, as if that makes any difference. A good rule of thumb is that anything that costs less than a thousand dollars is not likely to be any good for serious games, and paying over a thousand dollars is no guarantee it will game. It's all in the hardware.