PC GAMES GRAPHICS CARD?

GHOSTwarri

Hello I have an HP pavillion dv6 laptop with an Intel(R) Graphics media acelerator as my chip type. I was checking out this new game and it tells me I need one of the following to play, Geforce 7900 GT / Radeon X800 XT, as a graphics card in order to play. As you can see from above mine doesn't say that. Heres the thing, I am able to play left for dead 2 and battlefield bad company 2 on my laptop. Can my "card" do the job? Any explanations are of great help. Thank you!

Answer
No, your built-in Intel Graphics Media accelerator is very weak compared to most graphics cards. Unfortunately on laptops you cannot upgrade the graphics card to a higher model, like you can on desktops. The built-in chipset is a permanent part of the motherboard.

There is a device called the Vidock2 which can improve your graphics capability on laptops, but it only works for connecting to an external monitor.

http://www.villagetronic.com/vidock2/

Here is a comparison of laptop graphics cards:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Graphic-Cards.130.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

Gaming graphics card ?

Jeff

I have a brand new pc that I built and I have a built on hs radeon 4200 graphics card but I can only play games at 640x400 cause it lags to much

And I was wondering what graphics card would be the best for games like mafia 2.. ghost warrior and call of duty. My price range is between 100 to 200 hundred cheaper the better

Pc specs
Asus motherboard with pcie 2.0 M4A785-M
Amd phenom II 955 black edition CPU
450 watt psu but will upgrade
4 gb 800 ddr2 RAM

Thanks

Answer
hi jeff
you have built a excellent pc up to now and as you have stated the intergrated radeon HD4200 graphics are pretty abysmal.... however with a budget of between £100 and £200 there are a few cards i would recommend with the first one being the "Asus HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 OC Graphics Card "( http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI+6000+Series/ATI+Radeon+6850/Asus+HD+6850+1GB+GDDR5+OC+Graphics+Card+-+(EAH6850+DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2)+?productId=42291) .... for the price this is a extremely powerful card and has some excellent specifications... these include a 790mhz core clock and 1gb of gddr5 memory clocked at 4000mhz effective.... throw in a 256bit memory interface and 960 stream processors and you have a card that will run mafia 2 and call of duty black ops at high detail and resolution
the next card is the "MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin Frozr II OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card"( http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/Nvidia+GTX+500+Series/nVidia+GTX+560+Series/MSI+GeForce+GTX+560Ti+Twin+Frozr+II+OC+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=43660 ).........this has a 880mhz core clock and 1gb of gddr5 memory clocked at 4200mhz ddr effective.... theres 384 stream processors and a 256bit memory interface... however this card runs alot cooler than previous nvidia high end cards.... and the twin frozr cooler is one of the best and most efficent gpu coolers around...
either of these cards will be ok however you may have to upgrade your psu to a 550w model...... but dont worry,this wont cost the earth... you can get the "Corsair Builder Series 600CX Power Supply"( http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/650W+or+less/Corsair+Builder+Series+600CX+Power+Supply+?productId=42488 ) for just £53 and this will power both these cards without any problems... theres also a strong single +12v rail that will power the card and all your other components in your pc,and being corsair you know you are getting quality hardware !
i hope this helps jeff,any questions let me know
good luck mate !

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