Can you update a video card?

I'm still trying to get Amnesia: the Dark Descent to work, I think I've found that the problem is my video card isn't good enough. So my question is can it be updated or easily changed or would I have to go to a computer repair store to get a better one and to get it put in.|||*Most* laptops have an integrated video card, meaning the video chipset is integrated into the design of the motherboard... which means that for all intents and purposes you cannot change the video card in *most* laptops.



Now, there are some laptop designs that make use of an MXM form factor video card.

http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/

Just about every one of them is listed there.



So... if your laptop is one of the ones listed at that site, then yes. You can indeed purchase another MXM video card and update the one in your laptop. If you do not have one of the ones listed there, then you most likely cannot update your video card.



The exceptions are some model Dell laptops, that use a removable video card that conforms to their own specific design. It is not any kind of standard, and it can only be replaced with a video card made for Dell laptops.



Asus was working on an external video card for laptops for people that wanted to upgrade for gaming... the XG station. It initially came out in 2007 with an NVidia 7900GT card within it. In 2008 it was released in Australia with an NVidia 8600 GT powering it, but it had been pulled from retail availability by 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XG_Station



Otherwise, the USB external video cards that you can obtain are not for any kind of performance whatsoever, and use the same type of non-gaming integrated chips seen in low end laptops.



Without knowing anything specific about your laptop, that's about the most info you can expect.|||The graphics/video card is a chip set made into the mother board on all but high end custom gaming lap tops and is not replaceable or upgradeable. No one manufactures a add on USB or card type graphics card for a lap top.|||you can easel update your video card in you computer u can easel add pci slot video card or vga slot video card