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[DanDoesWork]

My question is how do I know I have a good or bad graphic card? If its bad what can I really expect to do to make it better? Is it expensive? What kind do you have

[wowlethon]

depends on what you need the gfx for games, graphics, videos, etc..

[DanDoesWork]

depends on what you need the gfx for games, graphics, videos, etc..

Hmm I think it would be primarily for games on the laptop, but I do tend to stream videos, but they come up very choppy, and slow. But all in all I think it'll be mostly for games.

[wowlethon]

Hmm I think it would be primarily for games on the laptop, but I do tend to stream videos, but they come up very choppy, and slow. But all in all I think it'll be mostly for games.

depending on the games you play you can check this site for all the benchmarks http://www.notebookc...ds.13849.0.html

Edited by wowlethon, 21 December 2010 - 02:46 PM.

[nothereorthere]

you proably have a 512 video card

if u want u can go spend about 150 for a 2 gig card and that would last you about 2 years

[Bryan]

How to tell if it's bad? Just find out your model and type in benchmarks in Google. As far as upgrading, you're screwed with a laptop unless you buy a new one.

[sircomflix]

Check under Display Adapters in Device Manager in Control Panel for an exact model. If it's running really choppy, chances are it's some type of onboard video. In terms of upgrading, nothing you can really do for laptops: either it's good to begin with or it's not.

you proably have a 512 video card

if u want u can go spend about 150 for a 2 gig card and that would last you about 2 years

And that's really bad advice.

If you're looking for a laptop with a good video card, you're going to have to do a little research based on your price range, but the general rule of thumb is just to avoid anything with the words "Integrated", "Onboard", "Accelerated Graphics" an so on.

[iargue]

The only laptops worth gaming on is an alienware. Anything but that is shit. Period.

Laptops are designed for battery life only. Everything is scaled down.

If your videos play choppy. So will your games. Get over it.

[DanDoesWork]

The only laptops worth gaming on is an alienware. Anything but that is shit. Period.

Laptops are designed for battery life only. Everything is scaled down.

If your videos play choppy. So will your games. Get over it.

Over it, and will probably look into just a normal PC i guess -_-

[sircomflix]

You can get a pretty good desktop for gaming for like 600 bucks these days.

[alexuyang2]

The only laptops worth gaming on is an alienware. Anything but that is shit. Period.

Laptops are designed for battery life only. Everything is scaled down.

If your videos play choppy. So will your games. Get over it.

Only true for some laptops...others are designed to be desktop replacements, and those are actually pretty nice...but you can still get a decent gaming laptop + battery...though I guess it depends on your definition of decent in that regard.

[DanDoesWork]

Hmm hopefully I'm typing this correctly
Mobile Intel ® 4 Series Express Chipset Family <---sounds shitty

Not sure if this matters
Toshia Satellite L555

Pentium ® Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz 2.10 GHz
4gb ram (3.84 usable)

[iargue]

Only true for some laptops...others are designed to be desktop replacements, and those are actually pretty nice...but you can still get a decent gaming laptop + battery...though I guess it depends on your definition of decent in that regard.

You are wrong though. Every single laptop in the world (Atleast anything sold in stores or in newegg or amazon) are design to conserve energy. Some laptops are designed better tne others (Such as Alienware laptops. Their netbook can get 8 hour battery life playing Star Wars the Force Unleashed). they still are no were near the strength of a desktop of the same exactly specs. Because of that single reason.

Desktop > Laptop in perfromance. Latops have mobility. Hence why people get them. I cant lug around my 60 pound laptop, and so I have a laptop (Which I am typing on). Its all about what you want.

I wanted a badass desktop to game on. I got one. I wanted a cheap laptop for whenever I am not at my computer. I got one. Thats all that matters.

Hmm hopefully I'm typing this correctly
Mobile Intel ® 4 Series Express Chipset Family <---sounds shitty

Not sure if this matters
Toshia Satellite L555

Pentium ® Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz 2.10 GHz
4gb ram (3.84 usable)

Intel Dual cores is dead.

i3/i5/i7 is where its at.

[DanDoesWork]

You are wrong though. Every single laptop in the world (Atleast anything sold in stores or in newegg or amazon) are design to conserve energy. Some laptops are designed better tne others (Such as Alienware laptops. Their netbook can get 8 hour battery life playing Star Wars the Force Unleashed). they still are no were near the strength of a desktop of the same exactly specs. Because of that single reason.

Desktop > Laptop in perfromance. Latops have mobility. Hence why people get them. I cant lug around my 60 pound laptop, and so I have a laptop (Which I am typing on). Its all about what you want.

I wanted a badass desktop to game on. I got one. I wanted a cheap laptop for whenever I am not at my computer. I got one. Thats all that matters.

Good point there. I'll prob invest in a gaming desktop sooner or later. if thats even a good investment now a days. what kind of desktop do u have? and how much was it?

[sircomflix]

Gaming desktops are always an investment that becomes outdated in a few years. I bought my desktop for 1200 about 4 years ago, and I just do small upgrades every now and then went I start to see performance hits. Aside from the hard drive and optical drive, every single piece in my computer is completely different and I think I've only spent about 500 bucks in those 4 years, but I can still play newer games with fairly high settings.

[Blissey]

Alienware isnt the only good laptop for gaming, asus's republic of gamers have 1.5 gig nvidia 460 graphics, one terabyte of space,8 gigs of ram, and an 18 inch screen. Just saying.

[netstat]

The only laptops worth gaming on is an alienware. Anything but that is shit. Period.

Laptops are designed for battery life only. Everything is scaled down.

If your videos play choppy. So will your games. Get over it.

Wrong, you can get a laptop with IDENTICAL specs to an Alienware for a substantial amount less. Anyone who buys an Alienware is paying for a name that comes with bragging rights and good customer service.