Graphics Card Upgrade in White 24" iMac

[Littleodie914]

Hey guys, I just got a old floor model 24" iMac at our campus store, and I was curious if there are any GPU upgrades available.

The reason I ask is I heard Apple used some sort of MXM PCI slot that allowed for easy upgrade of the graphics cards, but I haven't heard any reports of anyone actually trying it / getting it to work. I searched the forums too, but didn't come across anything.

In short, is it possible to upgrade the graphics card? I've got the 7300 GT, the stock card on the 24".

 

[rainydays]

Hey guys, I just got a old floor model 24" iMac at our campus store, and I was curious if there are any GPU upgrades available.

The reason I ask is I heard Apple used some sort of MXM PCI slot that allowed for easy upgrade of the graphics cards, but I haven't heard any reports of anyone actually trying it / getting it to work. I searched the forums too, but didn't come across anything.

In short, is it possible to upgrade the graphics card? I've got the 7300 GT, the stock card on the 24".

In theory it's very much possible, but so far no-one has managed to do it as far as I know. I read an article about it a few months ago and the author tried several different cards and none of them worked.

I think the reason why they used MXM was to make the CTO process easier.

 

[topgunn]

Make friends with an Apple Authorized Service Provider who will order you a "replacement" 7600GT.