that's not GPU but output jack for monitor support
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that gpu, is not only old, it's only a laptop gpu if i'm not mistaken so u can't upgrade :/
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Any Nvidia card with an "M" at the end is for laptops, yeah.
But they can be upgraded. You just need to know what you're doing. I replaced my screen and pretty much everything except the motherboard and GPU on my Acer Aspire. Its not that hard.
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You can replace some laptop GPUs, but not all as 90+% of them are dependent on the CPU. Generally speaking (and this only in recent series releases) only the flagship or two top tier mobile cards are replaceable.
Even if you could find a GPU that would integrate with your CPU seamlessly, replacing that chip is not like reballing a console... the connections underneath that chip are far more elaborate and the equipment to carry out such a task would cost far more than any top tier gaming laptop.
So can it be done? Yes it can. Can it be done practically? Not a flippin' chance.
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It depends on the model. A lot of the newer Nvidia cards can be replaced wit hease, and the connections, while certainly not like a USB, can easily be disconnected and reconnected after a bit of video watching.
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Awful GPU and only 4GB RAM. That is your answer right there.
Also, your PC isn't a real boy :p
But you could always try wishing upon a star..
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For a game alone, but you may have other stuff going on in the background which in that case I do, but if you have enough for the game itself it will not take away any performance from the game AT ALL, it only stores temporary memory from the game and does not need much speed for that job therefore should not change your FPS, if it simply has exceeded the memory for the game the game will crash, or other programs, the performance of the game itself has nothing to do with it.
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He never said VRAM, or was VRAM said from the OP, he said 1gb for his video card, which is VRAM (Video RAM). The 4gb is normal PC RAM which my whole comment was about.
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Your machine won't crash, it'll use virtual RAM. Default is 8MB of virtual RAM, so there's no real issue.
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Processor of about 2.1 GHz, nVidia Geforce 220 GT with 1 V-RAM, 2 GB of RAM.
Can actually run most games at least decently. Wat do?
Pls tell me more of your god-like PC builds when I can still run Battlmage Lichdom with only a small amount of lag all while not even meeting the minimum requirements.
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I've got an MSI laptop with:
i7-3610QM 2.30 GHZ
16 GB DDR3 RAM
Geforce GTX 670M 3 GB VRAM
But one of the most important things i think:
2 SSD's in a RAID.
A SSD really does affect performance in games i have found on my PC.
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SSDs shouldn't effect performance on games, just load times and the like. Your GPU tends to bottleneck all the texture loading anyways.
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Yeah that's a mobile card, so I assume you are gaming on a laptop? This year saw quite a leap in system requirements for pc gaming, a 520m wont cut it any more for new games, and 8gb ram is now the minimum.
Unfortunately as it's a laptop, upgrading isn't really an option.
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Your GPU is a he? How do you know? Where is the genitals? So I can see what gender my GPU is.
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As everybody said: the GPU is your problem.
I'll make a safe suggestion and tell you to buy a GTX750Ti. Even with a bad PSU, it should run perfectly, and has very good Full-HD performance.
EDIT: wait, is that a laptop we are talking about? In case it is, you won't be able to change the GPU. :(
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Depends on the laptop in question if it is built in or not.
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It says GT520M which is a laptop or mobile card...
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Form factor is generally following something, such as small form factor or flat form factor. Those are really the only two they actually use anyhow. "AIO" as they are called is correct, for a desktop "all in one" which is what they are. It's generally a laptop/mobile motherboard/cpu on the back of a desktop monitor, occasionally they have speakers. That's an "AIO" or "flat form factor"
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its your card mate, for playing at least you should be on a medium range card, you can get a GTX760 for cheap.. youll be set for 1080p gamming, and maybe add more RAM
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It is low-end card(read: crap for gaming), even slower than GT 420M... How slow? Do you remember Nvidia 8800 series from 2006(yeah this year PlayStation 3 was released :D)? 8800 series gpus are faster than GT 520...
There is SMALL chance you can upgrade your gpu(what exact model your laptop is?) but usually faster laptop gpus cost too much, its better to buy new computer and please ask somebody before you buy, new gpu doesn't mean it's fast, lot of vram doesn't mean it's fast and laptop gpus are always slower than desktop models(keep it mind if you read reviews etc).
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Well... I have a 220 GT, I can run most of the games I've got just fine, albeit usually on lower settings.
NUMBER 1. Very important if you're getting lag, turn off all Anti-Aliasing, it's not worth it.
Neither is Motion Blur, Depth of Field and... Well, Dynamic Shadows could be worth it, but sometimes they can be annoying, and take enough resourced to sometimes be a problem.
NUMBER 2. What games are you even trying to play?
NUMBER 3. Something I noticed someone else bring up, it's generally advisable to close all applications you're not actually using to focus all resources on the game at hand, so long as you don't plan on Alt+Tabbing to mess around with other things closing them should be fine.
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Your "medium" "gaming" "pc" has a mobile graphic card which basically means its much worse than the same non mobile one. Also you were not specific about the exact cpu model, it could be a really old and therefore outdated i5. Another thing may be that many games don't properly support laptops which might extend to the particular gpu architecture and they run poorer for you as a result. Also, how do you know howmuch FPS you should have, you probably get what you should :D
Try running games with lower settings and with nothing else running in the background, that should help
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Awful everything. Whatever low number of FPS you're getting is what you should have.
Mobile i5 =/= Desktop i5...it barely equals desktop i3 since it's usually a power-saving sub-2Ghz pile of crap. Old entry level GPU. And the bare minimum of RAM you'd need. So yep, everything is well and truly low-end and that's exactly the performance you should be getting.
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I don't know why you think the specs are considered a "medium gaming pc", more like a low range one for gaming.
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guys i have a problem....ive got a medium gaming pc (i5; geforce gt520m1gb; 4gbRAM) and i cant play many games that i meet the requirements or i have little FPS comparing to what i should have...any hints?
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