Thread: What graphics cards should I get?

I have a 945GM Express Chipset family graphics card and I'm looking to upgrade it, because I've heard it's shit. It says its integrated, but I don't know what that means and I don't even know if you can upgrade on a laptop(what I'm looking to upgrade on).

My question is what new card should I get?

I play a lot of games and I'm looking for this to be able to run Bioshock at least on medium.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Note I know nothing about graphics cards.

you can't upgrade graphics on conventional laptops

integrated graphics means it's part of the motherboard, rather than a pluggable card

there's a few specialist laptops that use pluggable cards, but you won't see them on normal run-of-the-mill machines for a while

So that means I would have to get a new motherboard...

Ok thanks

new laptop in reality
as laptop motherboards are all custom designed

Got it, thanks.

If it's that difficult I'll probably be better off upgrading my desktops card. What should I buy for that?

Same details apply.

what can your motherboard take?
PCI / AGP / PCI-E ?

Originally Posted by Grod

I have a 945GM Express Chipset family graphics card and I'm looking to upgrade it, because I've heard it's shit. It says its integrated, but I don't know what that means and I don't even know if you can upgrade on a laptop(what I'm looking to upgrade on).

My question is what new card should I get?

I play a lot of games and I'm looking for this to be able to run Bioshock at least on medium.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Note I know nothing about graphics cards.

You should stand up and step outside.


Its like. High-bit.