How can I upgrade the garphics card on my 2011 IMAC

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How can I upgrade the garphics card on my 2011 IMAC

I have a 2011 21inch Imac with a AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB graphics card. I would like to update this. Can anyone tell me if this is possible and how?

thanks

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), iOS 10.3.2

Posted on Dec 13, 2017 3:36 AM

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Rudegar

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Dec 13, 2017 5:44 AM in response to MJMJHill

it's not for everybody

iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2428 GPU Card Replacement - iFixit

I'm not sure if their daughterboard is their own std. or some industrial std. but if you can find one then it has to produce the same or less heat and use the same and less power or you could get issues

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JimmyCMPIT

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Dec 17, 2017 8:13 PM in response to MJMJHill

you can run an external GPU solution for your MAC; while this is a bit more expensive it does open up the potential to use a variety of dedicated GPU's.

https://bizon-tech.com/us/bizonbox3-egpu.html/

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