How can I tell if I can upgrade my laptop's video card or not?

I have a Gateway MD7820u.|||Unless your laptop was sold as a high-end gaming laptop, the graphics can't be upgraded. Only those top end laptops with MXM card based graphics can be upgraded, and even that's not easy.



So, you can't update your laptop's internal graphics.



If you're really motivated, you can buy an external graphics card adapter and monitor that will work with your laptop's ExpressCard expansion port. It will cost you $400+, but it is technically possible, if not portable or cost effective: http://www.magma.com/pciexpress.asp|||you can't but you can check in the bios if you can allocate more memory, however if the cpu is not soldered to the board it can sometimes be upgraded and that will improve the graphic's response, if a model of your laptop is available with a better processor it may be possible|||Upgrading a laptop's video card is next to impossible. Rule of thumb: if your laptop has integrated graphics than it more than likely cannot be upgraded|||you can't, it has an integrated chip, not upgradeable