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The PE70 2QE is a 17.3" laptop released by MSI in 2015. It is part of the Prestige series of business laptops and has both an Intel Core processor and dedicated Nvidia graphics card inside.

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Can I upgrade my GPU?

I bought this laptop about a year ago and I recently thought about buying a htc vive. I ran the steam VR test and the outcome was not really what I accpected. The test told me that I would not be able to run VR and the problem was bound to my GPU. Am I able to upgrade my GPU or not ?

My laptop is from MSI (pe70 2Qe). It has 8GB of ram, a 1 TB harddrive, a Intel core I7 processor. The current graphics card is the NVIDIA GTX 960M

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Hi,

As with most laptops, the GPU is either incorporated with the CPU or it is permanently mounted directly on the motherboard. It is unusual to have a "plug in" type video adapter (GPU).

According to the products page from MSI regarding your laptop (https://www.msi.com/Laptop/PE70-2QE.html...) it has an "embedded" GPU. I take this to mean that the GPU in mounted on the motherboard and that it is not a removable module.

Therefore I think that you will not be able to upgrade the GPU in your laptop.

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Okay, thats a shame, I guess I Will have to buy a new laptop than haha thank you for helping

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