Okay. Long story short, I received a new Dell Laptop for christmas....and it is a great system...except of course for this crappy integrated graphics card! As I am finding out at a rapid pace, I can't play a massive amount of games...Titan Quest was the first, but now GTA San Andreas, Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Tiger Woods 07 have followed. Thing is, I've passed the 'system specs' test for every category for all of the above games and then some EXCEPT for this card, as you can see below.
My question is, and keep in mind that I am a relative noob regarding system hardware, where/how can I get a new laptop graphics card? Are they available at most stores (Best Buy, Future Shop) and distinguishable from PC cards? Second, how will I install said card? I've listed my specs below, compard to the minimum requirements for Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Thanks for any help in advance!
CPUMinimum: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP or better You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
PASS
CPU SpeedMinimum: 2 GHz You Have: 2.00 GHz Performance Rated at 4.94 GHz
PASS
System RAMMinimum: 512 MB You Have: 2.0 GBPASS
Operating SystemMinimum: Windows 2000/XP/XP 64-bit You Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Professional (Build 6000)PASS
Video CardMinimum: 128MB Direct3D compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700+ / ATI Radeon 9500+) You Have: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family ()
FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement.
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 37.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0
Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)Your driver version number is: 7.14.10.1147 FYI: Make sure you have the latest driver for your video card. Click 'Free Driver Update' and we'll direct you to your video card manufacturer.
DirectX VersionMinimum: DirectX 9.0c (included on disk) You Have: 10.0 PASS
Sound CardMinimum: Yes You Have: Bluetooth Hands-free Audio PASS
Sound Card Driver VersionYour driver version number is: 6.0.1.3100 FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.
Free Disk SpaceMinimum: 4.6 GB You Have: 86.5 GBPASS
DVDMinimum: 8X DVD-Rom You Have: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-T11N ATA Device PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.
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