-- Posted by azp at 1:32 pm on Nov. 8, 2006 I'm planning on purchasing a laptop and one of the major components I want o specify is the graphic card. What I'm wonderring is, is a Shared Intel GMA 950 Video Card a decent graphic card? And if it is a decent card, whether the laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5200, 1024MB DDR2, 120GB (5400RPM), Shared Intel GMA 950 Video Card, 3 Hours battery life, 15.4" Screen is worth the price of $1000(+tax) -- Posted by IamNotBritish at 1:35 pm on Nov. 8, 2006 Any kind of shared/integrated graphics card will not cut it for most video games available today. So if you don't play graphics-intensive games, it's fine, but if you do, go with an ATI or nVidia, something with dedicated memory. -- Posted by Stormblazer at 1:36 pm on Nov. 8, 2006 No, that's not a decent graphics card. On a notebook, what you want to look for is a dedicated graphics card, and not a shared. Shared means that the card is built directly into the board, and more importantly, shares RAM with the system. Further, intel doesn't make very good graphics cards. A Core 2 processor is a very nice processor, 1GB of RAM is great, 120GB Harddrive is pretty large for a notebook drive, etc. In other words, the system looks great except for the crappy video card. What you want for a video card will probably be either nVidia or ATI, and you want to make sure it's a dedicated card. As long as it's a dedicated card, it's almost guarenteed to be decent. -- Posted by anarchy89 at 1:38 pm on Nov. 8, 2006 Want to be spending over $150 dollars on a good g/c tbh. Otherwise it will just be outdated very quickly! -- Posted by espresso8097 at 3:29 pm on Nov. 8, 2006 Quote: from anarchy89 at 3:38 pm on Nov. 8, 2006 Want to be spending over $150 dollars on a good g/c tbh. Otherwise it will just be outdated very quickly! If available a good LAPTOP one is a lot more.  But rare chance of a slot in it. -- Posted by masterfultemptation at 10:38 am on Nov. 10, 2006 Get the best G/C you can when buying a laptop because chances are you won't be able to upgrade it later. -- Posted by anarchy89 at 3:13 am on Nov. 11, 2006 alienware best then?