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matthewhyatt
31-01-2007, 07:35 PM
hi there!!

Would there be any one that can help me I trying to find out if its worth updating my graphic card on my laptop so i play on battle field 2 games. The problem i have at the moment which i just recently notice is that the display device i have is not supported for the battle field 2 game - so it wont work on my laptop???? spec of laptop shown below:

Windows XP
Display device name: mobile intel 915gm/gms,910gml express
---------approx. total memory: 128.0 MB
processor: intel pentium processor 1.73GHz
120 gb hard drive
memory:1014MB RAM

also would any one no how much it could cost?

thanks for your help!! matt
Danno
31-01-2007, 07:59 PM
most laptops have the vidseo card built into the motherboard so its not possable to upgrade the video card.
JDowdall
31-01-2007, 08:06 PM
sorry to reign on your parade but graphics card upgrades on notebooks are **** near impossible although all is not lost you can get a sort of external graphics card in a box which would be good for playing games on a lappy
matthewhyatt
31-01-2007, 08:25 PM
how much are external graphic cards going for? and where is the best place to look?
JDowdall
31-01-2007, 08:26 PM
i don't know i think they are relatively i know there was something on them at ces i duno anything more
Danno
31-01-2007, 08:30 PM
i have only ever seen 1 usb video card and this would be a serious downgrade to what you have.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/805c/
matthewhyatt
31-01-2007, 08:42 PM
nice usb card i no what u mean by down grading - its just a pain that the battlefield games dont support my graphic display device.

though for some reson i have trouble running call of duty 2 but for some reson my direct x is the problem ? got the latest update. - no 9! though i have notice that it says it only supports certain graphic cards like it says on the battlefield games - so i m amusing that its has the same problem - doh!!
teknokid
31-01-2007, 10:06 PM
sounds like its a no go really. i've seen a different usb gfx card but it also is rather rubbish. theres nothing else you can do but get a new pc/laptop
JDowdall
31-01-2007, 10:07 PM
the on i saw on this slideshow thing had something lyk a 7900gt or a 7600gt in it it might be worth chasing them up but it would probably just be easier to get a new lappy/desktop
teknokid
31-01-2007, 10:11 PM
a reasonable pc wld set u back around £500...
JDowdall
31-01-2007, 10:25 PM
THAR SHE BLOWWWS! sry i found the link to that external gfx card thing http://www.tomshardware.com/slide_shows/show-ces_2007-200701071-6.html
Nox
31-01-2007, 10:32 PM
yeah, ASUS thing, connects to some sort of express socket on a laptop and provides you with 1x pcie slot - ASUS said Feb 2007, but, by the time it gets to europe/release etc you are looking at a few months I would think.

Nox
Nox
31-01-2007, 10:34 PM
and you are looking at being able to put a high end gfx card in it :)

designed for people on the road, who get home, then want to play on their TFT.

Because of this... my next pc may be a laptop instead...

Nox