Mac Mini Graphics upgrade?

Not sure that this is the right thread to ask this question, but y'all can set me straight if it's not.

Have a 2012 Mac Mini (i7 processor) that I've upgraded to 16GB RAM and 500GB Crucial MX200 SSD. Runs El Capitan with no problems ... pretty snappy. Internet seemed a tad sluggish using WiFi (Frontier 50 up/50 down) so I connected it into the router by Ethernet to see if that helped (does in fact get 49 down/61 up). Started wondering if there was any way to upgrade the video in this puppy (standard Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB) to improve/speed up what it displays on my Asus 27" VS278 monitor but keep coming up with nada (monitor's resolution maxes out at 1920 x 1080, same as the Mac Mini using HDMI from what I've read). Guess I shouldn't be picky because it's near-instantaneous now, but I'm still convinced that the HD Graphics 4000 is the limitation. Has anyone come up with any ways to improve the video performance of the 2012 Mac Mini?

Moved to its own thread and given a title.

Your 2012 Mini is locked into the HD 4000 and 1536 MB of borrowed memory. That's what integrated graphics do - borrow memory from the system. There really is no way to improve the graphics on your Mini and if your Asus monitor is displaying at its native resolution, that's as good as it's going to get. If you need better graphics response, save your pennies for a more powerful Mac.

Thanks chscag. Was hoping someone had come across an 'add-on' that might improve upon the graphics, but obviously no such luck.

Owl10 said:

Was hoping someone had come across an 'add-on' that might improve upon the graphics, but obviously no such luck.

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Is there something you've seen in a different computing application used as an "add-on"? If so…please let us know.

With computers with non-soldered graphics/video hardware…sometimes the graphic component/part can be swapped out or upgraded (if an upgrade exists). With Mac-Mini's (and other Apple computers) with 100% soldered in components…there is no "add-on". It is what it is.

- Nick