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    Laptop video card replacement?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Silver3000, Jul 8, 2013.

  1. Silver3000

    Silver3000 Newbie

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    Hey, i have a question. I got an Asus K50IJ laptop and i use it for gaming and multimedia. But the problem is i have a crappy video card. (Intel GMA 4500m) And now my real question is is it replaceble for 300 euros or less?


    (sorry for my bad english)

    Greetz.
     
    Silver3000, Jul 8, 2013
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    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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  3. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    You should sell that laptop for 100 Euros, take your 300 Euros you wanted to spend and buy a laptop for 400 Euros that the latest IGP (Haswell with HD 4600) would blow away the 4500MHD. It still won't manage the likes of Battlefield 3 or anything but it should play most of the latest games at 720p in low to medium detail.

    Heck get a laptop with the AMD A8 or A10 CPU's, their integrated graphics are pretty powerful, and machines built around them are quite inexpensive as well.
     
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