I have a dead laptop with a pretty good NVIDIA GPU. I was wondering if it is possible to take it out of my laptop and put it into my desktop? I built my PC a few months ago and didnt order a GPU with plans to save up for a 2080 but shit keeps popping up and I still havent gotten it. So I was thinking about trying this, if possible, just for a little bit until i can afford a new GPU
Putting laptop GPU into desktop? |
 (Jul 26, 2020 01:22 PM)webdev77 Wrote: Not going to happen. Laptop GPUs aren't going to just fit right into a desktop PCIe slot. They are generally soldered to the motherboard with all the rest of the components integrated onto the motherboard. Oh no I did some research and the one in mine unscrews like an ssd. So was wondering I guess if there is some sort of adapter. From whatever input the GPU is to the PCIe.
Jul 26, 2020 01:26 PM
(This post was last modified: Jul 26, 2020 01:32 PM by webdev77.)
(Jul 26, 2020 01:25 PM)devlightz Wrote: Oh no I did some research and the one in mine unscrews like an ssd. So was wondering I guess if there is some sort of adapter. From whatever input the GPU is to the PCIe. What do you have exactly? Edit: Looks like you probably have an MXM card. Eurocom makes an MXM to PCIe x16 adapter, but they start at $500, so honestly completely pointless.
Jul 26, 2020 02:54 PM
(This post was last modified: Jul 26, 2020 10:26 PM by devlightz.)
(Jul 26, 2020 01:26 PM)webdev77 Wrote: What do you have exactly? Ahh gotcha. The laptop is an HP ZBook 17 G3 idk about the specific card. It doesn't give off many clues on speccy. (Jul 26, 2020 01:26 PM)webdev77 Wrote: What do you have exactly? I ended up finding a Radeon R9 390 8G Overclocked on craigslist and got it off the guy for $90. Whih is steal considering these things are selling for $400+ right now. Just set it all up and its working great! |
|
|
