Is this a good graphics card?

[Tyler66]

I have been wandering why Minecraft lags alot, I have been told is my graphics card.
I have a AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200.
Is this good?

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[Jubel]

The ATI part makes me cringe

[Tyler66]

The ATI part makes me cringe

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.

[Otis Da HousKat]

The ATI part makes me cringe

Wow, just like the stupidity in this post!

Your video card is pretty bad though, but not because it's ATI.

[Jubel]

Wow, just like the stupidity in this post!

iknorite?

[Tyler66]

Wow, just like the stupidity in this post!

Your video card is pretty bad though, but not because it's ATI.

Is there a good graphics card that I can buy in the US?

EDIT: Is this a good graphics card?

[Otis Da HousKat]

Are you using a laptop?

[Tyler66]

Are you using a laptop?

Yes.

[Jorici]

Yes.

You cannot really upgrade a laptop's graphics card. The 5970 is a  desktop card, anyways.

[Night Fox]

Minecraft's a visually simple game, I'm not so sure how a decrease in performance could be caused by a graphics card.
Unless it's a terrible graphics card.
Or if Minecraft is more complex than it looks.

What processor do you have?

[Tyler66]

Minecraft's a visually simple game, I'm not so sure how a decrease in performance could be caused by a graphics card.
Unless it's a terrible graphics card.

What processor do you have?

AMD Athlon(tm) II Dual-Core M300 (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

[Night Fox]

Now, to wait for someone to tell you how good that is or how much it sucks.
Because I have no idea.

[Tyler66]

You cannot really upgrade a laptop's graphics card. The 5970 is a  desktop card, anyways.

Yea, I just searched to see how you could upgrade or replace your graphics card for a laptop, and its not easy. Its also a risk of damaging your system?

[keonesan]

Lol Radeon. Anyways it's a decent card. You'll be able to play Source Engine games just find, maybe not on max settings but pretty decently at least. Don't expect to play games like Just Cause 2 or Metro 2033 though. I'd recommend getting a Radeon 5650 or a Nvidia 460GTX just so you don't have to upgrade for the next 5-10 years.

[Night Fox]

While we're asking questions about changing stuff, how does an "integrated" graphics card differ from a others?