How much do video cards cost for laptops?

simpless!|||it’s rare to have a laptop that will accept another graphics card.



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If you’ve a laptop which is let down by the graphics performance luckily there are a couple of possibilities which are available to us.



1.) The first and easiest of these are the driver and firmware updates, check with your graphic card manufacturers website and ensure you have the latest installed, this can make a major difference, especially if the graphics card is not using the manufactures drivers.



Tuning and tweaks, user forums within manufacturers websites can be a great place to find tips and hints on tuning you particular laptop video cards to get the most out of it.



2.) Internal graphic card upgrades



Some laptops come with standard graphics cards that can be upgraded, by upgraded I generally mean they can support a memory upgrade. Check with your laptop supplier, but it’s rare to have a laptop that will accept another graphics card.



Other Options



There comes a time when we have to look at the overall specification of the laptop, if the architecture is more than 3-4 years old no matter what is added it’s never going to be able to run the latest games or other graphic intensive applications.



3.) External graphic cards



If your computer has a docking station? Or is there one available? If so many of these can take full pc cards, many of these may only be PCI but this can still give a good graphics boost at a decent price for many laptops.|||you can't upgrade the video card for a laptop, because they are Integrated onto the mother board.