change laptop video card

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  1. lckillah

    lckillah Regular member

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    can i upgrade my video card on my laptop??? im thinkin of bringin it to best buy and let them install it for me if its possible, thanks
     
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    depends on if the laptop is fairly new but other than that no.
     
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    ya i just bought the laptop not even a month ago i have an ati radeon xpress 1150 and i went to gamespot's computer test if u could run certain games and the only thing that i am having a problem with is the graphics card. so far i could play world of warcraft, half life 2 gta san andreas etc. but i wanna play like battlefield and stuff and it says on the test that the only thing that i am having aproblem with is the video card.
     
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    what does the manual have to say about upgrading videocard?
     
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    also wut's a good graphics card with a budget price i just want the minimum to run decent games. here is wut i have on my laptop so far
    amd turion 64
    1gb memory
    ati radeon xpress 1150
    windows xp media center
    dual layer dvd burner
    windows vista capable.

    so wut kinda video card for budget price to run battlefield??? i am also planning on upgrading my memory to 2gb.
    oh yeah here is the link to gamespot's automatic system check if ya'll interested
    http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/guildwars/index.html?q=guild wars
     
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    shoot i dont think it says i have to ifnd the manual but i dont think i still have that
     
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    check with laptop manufacturer
     
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    yeah mine is a gateway so do i have to call them???
     
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    also wut kind of video card if i could change it??? i want like an affordable price tho
     
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    or check their website
     
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