Laptop Graphics Card.

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#1 shotokanwar
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All I want to know is can I somehow upgrad the graphics card on my laptop so I can play games like Epire total War. And If not could you suggest a machine (preferably a Laptop) that has the capability. Any help would be great.
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#2 Duckman5
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Short answer: You can't.
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Laptops follow the Apple route of upgrading - throw it out and buy a new one.
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#4 gameguy6700
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Most laptops (like 99% of them) have the GPU soldered into the motherboard so there's no way to upgrade them. There are some laptops that do allow you to upgrade the GPU though, but usually they're custom built, enthusiast laptops like the ones Sager sells. However, even if you do have such a laptop it would still be hard to upgrade the GPU since most places don't sell laptops GPUs due to the fact that there's such a small consumer market for them.

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#5 shotokanwar
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So is there a computer that you can suggest because I've been thinking of getting a new one anyway.
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#6 UltimateGamer95
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Just let me know what your budget is and I'll give you some suggestions.

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#7 shotokanwar
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Around $1000 to $1200.
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#8 UltimateGamer95
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is weight or size a concern for you?

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#9 SgtMoreless
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I built a barebones system for $1100

GPU: ATI HD 4650M
CPU: Duo 2.8 GHz with a 6MB Cache
RAM: 4GBs of DDR3 1333MHz
HDD: 500GB 16MB Cache