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Question: Is it possible to change or add video/graphics card to my asus laptop for better star craft 2?

(Posted by: on 2010-08-05 20:41:02)

I have an asus laptop and it meets all the system reqs except the graphics, so is it possible for me to either change the graphics card in it to a better one, or to add a video card which the game says it requires?? plz help, getting the game tom.!!!! :D ok thx that makes sense, ok well what i have is an intel mobile 4 series and ive been told their great graphics i just want to know if theyll work on this laptop

Posted by: John on 2010-08-06, 03:49:54

You can upgrade the graphics card You can buy nvdia graphics card amazon.com/ s/ ref= nb_sb_noss?url= search-alias%3Daps &field-keywords= nvidia+ geforce &x= 0 &y= 0 &ih= 7_6_2_0_0_0_0_1_0_2.26_159 &fsc= 8 &tag= best-laptops01-20 or rover.ebay.com/ rover/ 1/ 711-53200-19255-0/ 1?ff3= 4 &pub= 5574865779 &toolid= 10001 &campid= 5336686710 &customid= laptop+ best+ deal &mpre= http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3Dnvidia%2520geforce%26_cqr%3Dtrue%26_dmpt%3DPCC_Video_TV_Cards%26_nkwusc%3Dnvidida%2520geforce%26_rusck%3D1%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m282

Posted by: JC on 2010-08-05, 20:54:39

Wait what laptop do you have? Basically, does it have 1. INTEGRATED graphics (ex: Intel HD Integreated Graphics) 2. DISCRETE graphics (ex : ATI Mobility Radeonâ„¢ HD 5145 512MB) some laptops have integrated graphics, others have a separate chip

Posted by: Michael B on 2010-08-05, 20:57:03

Laptop graphic and video cards are integrated into the motherboards, so no you can't...

Posted by: Quentin Cheung on 2010-08-05, 21:00:30

In short, not really. You can change graphics cards for your laptop, but its an absolutely arduous and complex task. The main difficulty is that first of all, you'll need to find a video card that fits the motherboard and is compatible, for example, with the battery throughput. Then, the second major difficulty is that you'll have to buy the graphics card itself.. You don't just get graphics card in your normal electronics retailer or internet retailer. Its really difficult to find a graphics card, but if you have the tenacity to upgrade your computer, then you may want to look at ebay or something like that. Most people normally take the components of refurbished/ second hand laptops from ebay and use them in their own laptops. Since it's so difficult, I'd recommend you to first download a demo of a game with similar graphics requirements (I checked the Starcraft 2 website and can't find any demo links, you might want to try the beta), and see if it performs on your computer, so something like Supreme commander 2/ Supreme commander 1 would be a good benchmark to compare performance.