Omen 15 upgrade graphics card

[jamesbond2285]

I recently purchased this laptop off the shelf at BestBuy and I was aondering if it is at all possible to upgrade from the gtx 1050 to the 1050 ti? thank you

[Photoray002]

Hello jamesbond2285,

Almost all Laptops that have dedicated graphics cards, those cards are permanently attached to the motherboard (soldered) and are not meant to be changed. 

Also this will void your warranty if you tamper with it.

If you want the Omen with the newer 1060 ti mobile card, you would do best to purchase one with it already installed.

http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/omen-by-hp-15-ax252nr-laptop-pc

[beastkillerGAME]

but what if the warranty is over? can i do it? none of the games i play can be at least 60fps multiplayer, which is my main mode. but if i do that, am i required to upgrade my ram, fans, and SSD? this is a real needed answer.

[lppedd]

The chip is soldered to the motherboard thus making it impossible to swap.

I did see someone desoldering a GPU years ago in a forum, but not with the expected results.

Only laptop equipped with MXM technology may have upgradable dGPU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_PCI_Express_Module

For resource purpose check this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9TV3lu4EzE

[beastkillerGAME]

is there a possibility of it working with a USB to PCIe converter and i buy a graphics card separately will it be able to pull that amount of power out, allowing me to actually play the game with more graphics power?

[lppedd]

Check out this one.

https://www.banggood.com/EXP-GDC-Laptop-External-PCI-E-Graphics-Card-p-934367.html

But I can't garantee the functionality. Never tested never will I. Also performance may vary laptop to laptop.

[beastkillerGAME]

i dont personally know to be honest but ill actually give my laptop specs input: 19SVdc --- 6.15A model no: 17-w03dx with corei7 8th gen processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M graphics card and intel graphics 530[secondary which adds more power]

[lppedd]

I can't say anything about using external powered desktop GPUs. Never tested them.

I only suggested the idea 

[Photoray002]

I dont know of anyone who has tried this on an Omen yet and I have no idea if it will work either. It would be interesting to know how it turns out.

@beastkillerGAME  When you do try it, please come back and tell us about it.

But - start a new thread in the Gaming Laptops  section of the forum.

🙂

[RaZeR88]

Hi, did you find out if you can upgrade the graffics card I own the later version 2017 model. Plays all my games great PUBG, CSGO and GTAV, I have no plans on an upgrade maybe faster Ram but would be nice to know if is it possible maybe for the future TIA 😁