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So I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop and getting it gaming ready.
Currently, I am running:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
8G RAM
Intel Core i5-2430M CPU @ 2.4 GHz
I'm thinking I'd see the biggest improvement upgrading the vid card, but have no clue what to upgrade to.
Any suggestions?
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I think any nvidia card in the 500's is pretty current. You can always upgrade, but it'll cost a pretty penny to get something cutting edge. I really don't have much experience with laptop upgrades, isn't it problematic upgrading laptops? How do you even open the hood?
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Usually you can't upgrade latops save memory or Hard Drive...
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1000xZero Wrote:Usually you can't upgrade latops save memory or Hard Drive...
This. Most laptops physical form just can't fit any sort of upgrades aside from the memory/HDD... and even some newer dells, replacing the HDD requires taking apart the entire fucking laptop.
If you lookup your exact laptop, you may be able to find something.
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Most gaming laptops can indeed replace the video card. I can on mine easily. I'm using an ASUS laptop.
Core i7-2670QM 2.2ghz
8 gigs ram
1tb hd (which is shit slow, I'm going to replace it was a fairly large SSD soon)
NVidia GTX560M w/2gig discreet memory
All in all, it's a solid machine, but obviously a big sucker. The thing I like the most about it is, it runs cool. It's also something I can take with me. With my brother and mother both in and out of the hospital regularly, I'm visiting a couple hours from home regularly. This lets me take games with me.
btw, I can run GW2 on full graphics with no stutters.
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Does this laptop really leave the house? I find alot of people get a gaming laptop but then it never leaves home. If that's the case, maybe a desktop would serve you better?
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No, this is a laptop. Primary purpose is for work when I'm travelling. Sitting in a Hotel room in the evening can get really effing boring.
I thought replacing the graphics card would be tricky, this is a particularly thin laptop, so finding a card with the same profile would be problematic I'm sure. It ran RIFT fairly well though, so I might be able to live with it for a while.
I think maybe I should be looking at upgrading my desktop then. I'll load the specs later and let you guys tell me what the next logical upgrade should be.
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OrsunVZ Wrote:No, this is a laptop. Primary purpose is for work when I'm travelling. Sitting in a Hotel room in the evening can get really effing boring.
And those hotel porn bills rack up fairly quickly, eh?
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no shit!
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