Hmmmm... Should i??

Right, i have a lovely MacBook but i have one tiny slight problem =O =[ The graphics card i have for it does not support some games i wanna play on it *sad face* .

So, should i get a nice new graphics card for my baby or would i be better off to get an iMac??
But i dont want to sell my MacBook cause i can still use it obv!

Suggestions would be helpful =] Thank you

Tags: apple, imac, macbook

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Permalink Reply by rea S⃣ n555 on July 9, 2009 at 8:53am: You can't switch the graphics card on notebooks,the best thing you can do is run the game on bootcamp using windows. Which macbook do you have? Does it have an intel gma or an nvidia?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bubbsy on July 9, 2009 at 8:55am: i have the intel gma graphics card =[ Actually i never tried it on my partition! =] Will try that later.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by rea S⃣ n555 on July 9, 2009 at 9:32am: Don't worry i have the same graphics card (2.0 ghz macbook black) and if you run windows on bootcamp,games work pretty good.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on July 9, 2009 at 10:05am: Actually you can change some notebooks' graphics cards!

Just so you know.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Martyn McFarquhar on July 9, 2009 at 10:07am: Aint gonna happen with a MacBook, the graphics are an integrated chip soldered to the logic board.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sean Moriarity on July 9, 2009 at 9:53am: How much for the graphics card and iMac? How long do you plan on keeping the MacBook?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bubbsy on July 9, 2009 at 11:35am: Must yet to get a price for a new graphics card but the iMac is €1099.00 but i can get a discount so it drops the price a lot. So i think i will get the iMac but then keep my MacBook for bringing to college and what not =]

But thank you to everybody; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dilyn Corner on July 9, 2009 at 8:14pm: You can now get an EVGA GTX 285 for the iMac :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Martyn McFarquhar on July 9, 2009 at 10:01am: You could always update to a new MacBook or 13" MacBook Pro, both of which use the Nvidia Geforce 9400M, which despite being integrated, is a million miles better than the Intel integrated graphics.

However...for the sake of a few games I wouldn't think it was worth it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by shannon on July 9, 2009 at 1:31pm: I know how you feel. My MacBook is almost 3 years old and I still don't want to part with it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bubbsy on July 9, 2009 at 7:30pm: Exactly, it's my baby like. Can never part with it, lol =]; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by A.V. on July 9, 2009 at 2:47pm: in notebooks theres no ''graphics card'' but a simple chip built-in the motherboard(i think).........Get an iMac!!!!!no big deal; ▶ Reply to This