External Graphics Card for notebook :/

I'm not sure where to find answers for this, so I made my own thread. Please excuse me if this is violating site rules if I make a new thread, I am not familiar with these forums.

So a few months back I bought the following PC for $1200

HP Pavillion Dv7
8GB Ram
I7 2.2Ghz
2GB AMD Radeon 7690mxt

I know that I could have gotten a better performing desktop, but I travel often, so a laptop is preferable.
What I learned so far is that the graphics card is only supported with a driver from 2010. Which is terrible when trying to play games like Shogun 2 or Witcher 2 on max settings, which I should be able to, but cannot.

I inquired HP about this, but they said to ask AMD for a driver and AMD said to ask HP.

After long sessions of arguing with HP, they suggested I use an external graphics card.

The problem is that I have no idea or know anything about external graphics card. I saw a few, but they seem to be for using multiple monitors, yet I see some people that hooked up an external to boost their notebook.

I would like to know what could I do for the external graphics card and links to Amazon or an electronics store would be helpful for me in getting better performance for my notebook.

 

You are from twc right? Check the main thread about egpus and how to deal with the mpcie, basically you are going to have to open the bottom of the laptop and remove the wifi to use your egpu, since you dont have a expresscard slot.

but basically you wont have any game on everything to the max on that gpu, you could try on a 6990m or better yet a 7970m, but it wont happen on a last year middle range gpu.

and have you checked the hp pavilion section? they have ways to install amd drivers