New graphics card for laptop?

[Abu-Qasem]

hi all


I have a toshiba laptop
A100
with
Mobile Intel 945GM
128 Mb

i cann't run many games on it

Win Xp_pro_SP2
DX9



....



can I change this Graphic Card
or add another one..

or overlaod it

what can i do?


need help please

 

[Rik]

It's a laptop, you can only upgrade ram and hard drive, nothing else.

 

[Abu-Qasem]

yaah

thanks,


but is there is any programs to make more powerfull?
or at least to trick the games

 

[nickc]

only a better computer.

 

[Tmagic650]

Buying a better laptop that advertises game playing ability is your only option other than adding more memory to your Toshiba laptop

 

[Tedster]

90% of laptops cannot have graphics updated except for some very high end systems. You have integrated graphics. IF you want to play games, build a desktop.

 

[Tmagic650]

I've seen laptops in the range of $1500 to $2500 be able to play most games fairly well

 

[Gavin_Capacitor]

It's a laptop, you can only upgrade ram and hard drive, nothing else.

You can upgrade the processor most of the time too, just on some latops its a pain in the *** to get to.

I used to game on my laptop with intel gfx, (got it in 2001). The best thing you can do is get the newest graphics drivers - an updated version for me emulated hardware T&L, making hw2 playable.

Other than that, get a new comp. The best games you can play (play = will run) on that are half life 2, homeworld 2 and morrowind. But there are still plenty of older games that rock - morrowind, homeworld (full series), half life 1 + expansions, etc.

BTW, sometimes to make fps better, you can force settings lower than their supposed to go - I played hw2 with 640x480 resolution. But now im rockin on my sweet desktop

 

[Tmagic650]

Many "lesser" laptops don't have removable CPU's neither are they upgradable without changing the motherboards... which is cost prohibitive

 

[Gavin_Capacitor]

Well, im not sure if my laptop (2Ghz celeron, intel graphics that use 64mb of ram) qualifies as "lesser", but I could upgrade the CPU with minimal problems. Theres a panel on the bottom that allows access to the cpu and heatsink (admittedly with those funky star shaped screws), but after that it is easy.

 

[Tmagic650]

2GHz CPU with 64MB of shared vRAM is "lesser" for sure... Your CPU access port os a sign of a "lesser" system too. The type and make of the laptops motherboard will determin if the processor is upgradeable