With a little bit of research and elbow grease (or a Thunderbolt 3 dock), an external graphics card setup lets you upgrade your laptop for a fraction of the cost of a new gaming PC.

Step 5: Replace Graphics Card, and Close On our laptop, the preceding steps gave us access to the graphics/video card assembly, which we removed by loosening two screws.

A graphics card is a key hardware component in any PC, but if you’re interested in gaming or editing media, it’s probably the most important part of your computer. If the latest games will no ...