Changing a Graphics card in a Macbook Pro?

I have a Macbook Pro with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics card. This graphics card is not working well for me. I've started playing video games on my macbook and they're running terribly because of the graphics card in it. Is it possible to switch out the graphics card and if so, what would be a good one to get for gaming?

No it's not possible.
The chip is hard soldered onto the logic board along with the CPU.
Have you gone into Energy Saver and selected For Best Performance to switch graphics chips?

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