changing the graphics card in macbook pro

So, my main focus is to change my Graphic Card (i have the Intel HD Graphic 4000) and my RAM (from 4 GB to 8 GB), however I found out i had to change my motherboard (logic board) to be able to change my graphic card. I would therefore suggest the following three choices in order of preference. Hey guys I have a mid-2012 13' MacBook pro (2.5 Ghz, the cheaper model). This would have to be a SATA III 2.5' SSD drive like the Samsung 850 EVO, this would be much faster than the current hard drive but still a lot slower than the PCI SSD in the latest MacBook Pro. An option would be to replace this with an SSD drive. However I suspect you still have the original hard drive fitted. As you have 16GB you already have the maximum amount of RAM it supports. On top of that it is only an i5 CPU rather than an i7. Your MacBook Pro being a 2012 model is now five years old and therefore considerably slower than current models. DaVinci, Final Cut Pro X, and some will not. Some software will take advantage of this e.g. As others have discussed it is possible to connect an external box via Thunderbolt into which you can fit a standard PCIe vide card.

pmset -g will show you the current configuration. 0 is dedicated gpu on both ac and battery. 1 is dedicated gpu only with power connected integrated gpu on battery power. The GPU chip is part of the logic board so cannot be upgraded. The command sudo pmset -a gpuswitch n will set the graphics switching, with the following values for n: 2 is integrated gpu both on cable and battery.

Changing the graphics card in macbook pro