You can’t upgrade the graphics card in a notebook. Time for a new computer.
I’m not up on games.
Is your player character name Capt. Sully or Abdullah Muthafukr?
flight sim X is a HIGH CPU intesive program. I run it. You’ll need more than that laptop, without even talking about the graphics processor. although if you’re serious about flight simming on THAT laptop you can run FS2002 quite well.
Feel free to freepmail me with questions, I can help.
Toshiba laptops are generally for business applications, not for gaming. May I suggest a PS3..they are awesome.
Ya need a gaming laptop. Technically some laptop video cards can be upgraded, but in reality, forget it.
You’re looking at over $1000 for a decent gaming laptop. Something like this ASUS would be a good bang for the buck - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220639
Generally speaking, you can’t upgrade the graphics card in a laptop. I mean, it is possible, but I imagine that it involves some serious soldering/desoldering and electrical skills.
“Who doesn’t want better graphics quality from their notebook PC? You can get there by doing it yourself. But be warned: If the upgrade is possible at all for your laptop, it can be a time-consuming operation that involves disassembling virtually your entire notebook, so don’t enter into this process unless you are willing to accept the risk of doing serious harm to your machine. That said, if done properly, this project can give you noticeably higher frame rates in the end. (Read about other laptop upgrades.) Click on to see how we replaced a notebook’s graphics card.”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/148909/upgrading_your_laptops_graphics_card.html
There’s a slideshow at that link, but it’s specific to a Dell, not a Toshiba.
Might be ahead from a “save yourself a headache” standpoint to buy a new laptop.
Give me the exact Model name, number, and Part Number off of the sticker on the bottom, and I’ll check it out for you.
Example:
Toshiba
Satellite R15-S829
PM735 51280 DMD g 1Y
(Not the serial number)
You cannot put a new Video Card in your Laptop.
Just upgrade the Memory to 4GB and turn off all other programs.
FWIW, FSX runs beautifully on my HP TouchSmart 22” once you sort out the DirectX compatibilities.
You can actually land 747’s and the big Airbus’ with plenty of processing power left over.
But one cat, dog, fly, or anything else that could hit the touchscreen you just went down with a couple hundred others...