Printable View
I'm looking in to purchasing a video card for my laptop because it's the only computer I have at school. I'm just looking for something relatively cheap that will be able to play most games on the market today, I don't need to be blown away by ultra clean graphics or anything. What do you guys use/What do you recommend? If you could post links or prices that would be a great help.
Does that even exist? I've always thought laptops and gaming weren't a good combination, but hey, I don't know shit about hardware nowadays. Wait for someone who does (such as Detale or clocker) to reply, they should be able to help.Quote:
Originally Posted by byrnesc1
What's your laptop model? Only very few models allow for GPU swaps.
You pay for that luxury. I have a Alienware M15x, priced around $3k when it first came out, though I didn't pay that much since Dell replaced my M1530 with it (ohh yea made out like a mug there thank you very much Dell!!:D). Thing weighs a ton for a laptop, around 11 pounds, and has a i7 720QM CPU with 6GB RAM and a Nvidia GTM 260 video card in it for all that high end gaming goodness. Anyway not cheap to go for any gaming type laptop.Quote:
Originally Posted by anon-sbiDoes that even exist? I've always thought laptops and gaming weren't a good combination, but hey, I don't know shit about hardware nowadays. Wait for someone who does (such as Detale or clocker) to reply, they should be able to help.Quote:
Originally Posted by byrnesc1
Hm true I didn't think about that. It's a sony vaio vgn nw228f. I'm looking into it nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Cabalo
Your Sony has integrated (i.e., onboard) graphics, so you can't swap a different "card" into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by byrnesc1Hm true I didn't think about that. It's a sony vaio vgn nw228f. I'm looking into it nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Cabalo
Sorry.
Plus, it's a Sony...so, sorry again.
Yeah I wasn't sure if there was a slot I could put a diff one into. oh well.Quote:
Originally Posted by clockerYour Sony has integrated (i.e., onboard) graphics, so you can't swap a different "card" into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by byrnesc1
Sorry.
Plus, it's a Sony...so, sorry again.
I've had nothing but good luck and good things to say about this laptop though, especially because I've had less than stellar results from other ones