Is it possible to upgrade laptop video cards?

I have an HP Pavilion dv6000 with Intel 945gm Express Chipset Family. I have no clue what all of that means, but I can't play Call of Duty 4 with this video card. Is it possible for me to send it in to a computer shop and have them upgrade my video card so I can play CoD4?

Is it possible to upgrade laptop video cards?
Generally the Video card is integrated with the Motherboard. Better get ready for a hefty price tag.
Reply:Yes in certain laptops . You will have to refer to your computer manual . Many laptops have the motherboard integrated with the video card. Alot of dell laptops are available for upgrade . Laptops are generally made in a way that to upgrade them it is way to expensive and the benefit is alot less. Might i add that unless your running core 2 duo with at least 1 gig of ram you speed and performance of the gave will be pretty sucky . The general little power house laptop is not made for intense gaming and graphics. Unless they are like alien ware series or dell xps170 type laptops. Some where around those benchmarks
Reply:Thats great people ... way to answer people's questions without READING thier post.


So many times people give you all the specs or what they have and yet there are still so many generic answers -- why bother answering if your not going to address the problem.





HP dv6000 using the 945GM Express chipset -- that video card is built into the motherboard and it does not appear that any other video card was offered by HP for that model - so the answer for you is no, you couldn't just take it to a computer shop and have the video card upgraded.





You might be able to go into the BIOS and increase the amount of ram allocated to the video card which would help increase the performance and may allow you to play the games as a lower resolutions. This would really be your only chance.
Reply:in some of the new ones such as dell yes, in the older versions no, sorry