can i turn my crap laptop in to a low end gaming machine?

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jaypricel19

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can i turn my crap laptop in to a gaming machine?

i have a ASUS laptop

CPU=intel p6200 @ 2.13g 2133mhz, 2 cores
GPU=intel HD graphics
RAM=2g
HDD=200gig

am going to buy RAM 8g (2x4gigs) from here...

http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/viewscanbyid.aspx?id=3282B02531D926C3

does the "intel HD graphics" mean i dont have a proper graphics card and just running off the CPU?

will i have a slot to add a half decent laptop graphics card?

i know it will never run skyrim or battlefield3 on full specs but i wana start playing mmo like tera an the like.

help?
 
You can't upgrade a laptop GPU very easily at all sorry. The Intel HD graphics should run the older games at low settings though. Upgrading to 8GB is probably worthwhile though, but really if you want get into gaming, you're gonna need a desktop PC.
 
ah thats a shame

tbh i like playing on xbox360 but there arnt any mmo's on it, so prob not worth buying a £600 pc just for mmo's,

if i just buy the 8gig ram, do you think i could play an old mmo like WOW or FFXI?

thanks for the reply
 
Upgrading the RAM probably won't help a lot in the games to be honest, especially the older ones - you need a good CPU and a good graphics card to play the games well.

I'd still get the extra RAM regardless though if you can. Having more RAM isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially if you do a lot of multi-tasking.
 
ok thank for the reply

yeah i defo need the ram, iv got windows 7 and it uses over half my ram even when i have no programs running, and ie9 keeps crashing on me
 
that should play most mmo's fine, have you trien them on it? i have a comp similar to that with worse graphics and it can play WoW some with bottomed out settings, that should do decent at a low res with some lowered settings
 
Yeah I told the guy he could play the older games at lower settings/resolutions probably, just he can't really upgrade anything apart from the RAM and hard drive as it's a laptop...
 
Russ88765 said:
I'm not sure what you can do about the cpu, but on the graphics side of things...
External Video Card Dock.
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Looks cool, but it's not really the ideal solution, especially if he still wants to be a mobile gamer. He'd probably need to go out on buy a power supply too. :/

byteninja2 said:
A mininum $300 is required for adding gaming horsepower to your lappy.
http://www.villageinstruments.com/tiki-index.php?page=Store
Pick vidock 4.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102988
Okay GPU.
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Yeah again not the ideal solution, especially as the OP lives in Liverpool which is in the UK, so Newegg and that other site are both useless to him. I'm sure if he wanted to though he could buy the same in Britain.

Really, with a laptop, you're pretty much stuck with what you've got. :/
 
It's expensive, but there are options. Just sayin. If the intention is to make the machine gameable but not transport it - it's the perfect fit. Adding ram would help as well, it's messy but it can be upgraded.
 
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