Is my Graphics card integrated or dedicated?

[SpreadsPlague]

you can always just ... not play games on the highest settings, or play in a smaller resolution. it's going to cost you upwards of a few hundred dollars to play every game on Ultra - not to mention this is for the GPU alone so don't even think about doing it with your current laptop.

and yes you can OC GPUs but doing that on a laptop is too risky. heat concerns, etc.

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[beachbum111111]

you can always just ... not play games on the highest settings, or play in a smaller resolution. it's going to cost you upwards of a few hundred dollars to play every game on Ultra - not to mention this is for the GPU alone so don't even think about doing it with your current laptop.

Everything else is fine. 12 GB RAM, Intel i7. Its just I wan't games to not look ugly (Normal settings does not look great on SR3 and blockland shaders are ugly on anything but ultra or minimum). So I wan't to either get a new GPU, get a new computer (Last resort). Or somehow make my GPU perform better.

[SpreadsPlague]

throw overclocking out the window if you don't already know what you're doing. if you mess up, you can seriously damage components. if you ignore my warning, OC at your own risk.

buying a gaming desktop is your best option in terms of price:performance, but if you NEED a laptop then there are gaming laptops that will run games on Ultra (however they are at minimum $1000)

I don't recommend an external GPU. you'll have to buy one of those things in a previous post that holds the GPU, and the GPU itself. this is not worth the time and money put into it, and for the same money you could buy a better GPU for a desktop.

if you do decide you want an external GPU, keep in mind no matter what GPU you choose, you will *never* get the same performance from it on any laptop as you would on a desktop. they're also quite large, so if you're looking for portability, look elsewhere.

in addition, to use an external GPU you also need a monitor - adding even more to the price.

[beachbum111111]

Alright, thanks for the suggestions. I should get a new PC since this one is 2 years old but I will probably wait a few years since this one runs ok.