Does anyone know if there is any way of upgrading my graphics or video card?

timbon_2

Basically i have a laptop that has a not so good graphics card, is my only option to buy a new one? I have seen some external graphics cards, will these actually do anything?

Mankysteve

Some laptops have replaceable graphics card but there rare as hens teeth. Personal i would buy a PC as you can upgrade when you fancy it and use the laptop for other stuff.

Lum

If your laptop had a replaceable video card, you'd know about it. You would have paid a 4 figure sum for the laptop in the first place and I doubt you would have spent that without researching it very carefully.

closed

what's wrong with the one you've got?

HappyMJ

Anything to do with high speed graphics you should do on a desktop. Laptops aren't designed for that.

timbon_2

The one i have got is Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family and it does not perform very well, i guess next time i will put the graphics card into consideration when purchasing a new machine.

Lum

Ahh, that's an old Intel GMA or similar. It should do fine for office work and internet browsing, but not any gaming beyond simple flash games and the like. Intel have never been good at performance graphics but they do make adequate ones for very cheap indeed.

Next time look for graphics from nVidia, AMD or ATI. The last two are actually the same company these days.

If you're not sure what the models mean, come back here and post which ones you're considering, along with what you are intending to use them for.