Graphics card upgrade possibility

Hey everyone, my name is Brandon. I'm going to College in the fall and my mother recently ordered me a laptop T520, and I was wondering if it would be possible to update the graphics card with a Web site like newegg so I could increase performance for the games.

Data sheet: i7 Quad 2 .2GHz

NVIDIA NVS 4200M 1 GB

15.6 HD 1600 x 900 Anti glare

4 GB DDR3 DIMM 1

500 GB HHD 7200 RPM

The current NVIDIA card has run Starcraft 2 on high to only 19fps settings, which is below the standards of reading benchmarks. I was wondering if there were limits or specific cards, that I need to update my system to improve performance and the process I should follow to upgrade the system from home. The answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

You can not upgrade the internal graphics card, but you can consider purchasing an external GPU solution.

The fact that you have Optimus allows you to use a hack to use the internal LCD display with an external ExpressCard GPU instead of having to have an external display.

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