So I got a new laptop today it is a HP Pavilion dv7 dv7-4065dx Just wondering if I will be able to upgrade its graphics card at a later date. It currently has a AMD M88OG WITH ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4250 Graphics with 128MB Display Cache Memory
It could be upgraded, but it is not an add-on card that replaces the old video card; it is a whole new mainboard.
So is this card worthy of the newer games out like BFBC2, and upcoming WoW Cataclysms, and Diablo 3? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pa...inum/9979217.p?id=1218204944141&skuId=9979217 this is the one I got.
You could of order a laptop straight out of HP's site. They have the 512Mb ATI Radeon 5470 card. But it does get expensive.
Actually that is what I ended up doing. I returned the one I got from bestbuy and got this one. HP Pavilion dv7t Select Edition PC • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Quad Core processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz • 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5650 [HDMI, VGA] - For Quad Core Processors • 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) • 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection • High Capacity 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard) • 17.3" diagonal HD+ High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1600 x 900) • Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer • HP TrueVision Webcam and Fingerprint Reader • Intel Wireless-N Card with Bluetooth
That will suffice for the games you mentioned, but it will have to run relatively low settings in Bad Company 2. In all though, that's a decent laptop. It's certainly a monumental upgrade from the one you had before (which you wouldn't have been able to upgrade to the specification of the new one).
