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#24 - rondezvous (10/20/2012) [-]
MFW I have a gaming Dell laptop with an Intel HD Graphics card and can't replace it with a Raedon or something worth more than 3 pennies.
User avatar #64 to #24 - zoidz (10/20/2012) [-]
Wait, how is a integrated GPU considered a gaming laptop, wouldnt it be 'stock' or a 'normal' laptop? (serious question) Gaming would be more of having a dedicated GPU no?
User avatar #141 to #64 - rondezvous (10/21/2012) [-]
The trouble is that I have:

700 gig hard drive
Intel Core i5 CPU 2.67 GHz
8 gig single stick RAM
64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium

I have better specs than some desktops my buddies have.

Well, except for a graphics card that gets me a solid 10 FPS on Minecraft at the LOWEST SETTINGS.

If I had even a Radeon series card from ATI, I'd have a mid-high performance gaming computer, even amongst desktops.
User avatar #160 to #141 - billybong (10/21/2012) [-]
But because of your lack of graphics card... my 6 year old computer will play games faster than yours. But yours can encode videos or zip a rar file much faster than mine.

Also, another thing, your laptop's parts are all mobile versions which use less power and have less performance compared to desktop versions so even if you had a graphics card It would be a mobile card.

There are some laptops that can actually have their graphics cards upgraded/replaced, but they are very niche models... not many current dell models unfortunately.

But there is this, not sure if it would even work for you, but it exists.

www.asus.com.au/Graphics_Cards/External_Graphics_Card/XG_Station/
User avatar #256 to #160 - rondezvous (10/21/2012) [-]
Yeah the sheer power of my laptop's other bits compared to the standard is pretty awesome, just that damned graphics card.

I'm probably not ganna buy a laptop next time, next to impossible to upgrade, and if it is, it probably wont be very compatible.

Ah well. If I had known about the graphics card I wouldnt have bought this thing, but it's too late now lol
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