Is the mbook's graphic card soldered into the motherboard?

The subject of this topic asks the question basically, I really want to change my video card from the 256MB VRAM to the 512MB VRAM... Answers please?
Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately, the answer is yes.

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    ADR1978 wrote:
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