Can i up grade my graphics card in my mac book pro

I have had my mac book pro for about 2 years and I have up graded to moutain lion but, I cant get air play to work.
Do i need a new graphics card?

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AirPlay Mirroring has nothing to do with the graphic card. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404 AirPlay Mirroring requires an Early 2011 or newer MacBook Pro, and your MacBook Pro isn't compatible.
However, instead of using AirPlay Mirroring, you can use a third-party application to mirror the MacBook Pro onto your Apple TV, as AirParrot > http://www.airparrot.com
Apart from that, on all portable Macs, Mac minis and old iMacs (Early 2009 and older ones), the graphic card is soldered onto the logic board, so it can't be replaced without having to replace the logic board

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