Best Graphics Card for Laptop Gaming Computers
The best graphics card for laptop gaming computers, from a cost point of view, depends on the games you play. Faster is better, generally, but costs more. Find your level of play and match it to your other needs, so that you can check the laptop computers on sale for your best deal. I'll start from the top down and recommend different cards for different levels of play
Top End Games The graphics are the key to quality gaming. Laptop gaming computers generally have ATI Radeon graphics cards or Nvidia graphics cards. The AMD Radeon HD 6990 X2, the AMD Radeon HD 6970 X2, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 585M SLI, and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M SLI will play top end games. These are 2 card set ups, and use a lot of power and generate a lot of heat. The AMD Radeon HD 6990 X2 is the fastest AMD graphics card, and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 585M SLI is considered the fastest overall. I'll give you a list of cards that you should see in laptop gaming computers available in the U.S. The list will be fastest to slower. ATI/AMD Radeon graphics cards labelled X2 (Crossfire) and Nvidia graphics cards labelled SLI are all 2 card setups. The cards with the GPUs on this list should run most games at high settings. The Nvidia Quadro cards and the ATI Fire Pro cards are found mostly in business computers. I tried to limit these lists to cards currently available (in production). You still might see some of the older cards like the ATI Mobility Radeon 3850 available. - Nvidia GeForce GTX 585M SLI
- AMD Radeon HD 6990M X2
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M SLI
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M SLI
- AMD Radeon HD 6970M X2
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 470M SLI
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 480M SLI
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 585M
- AMD Radeon HD 6990M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M SLI
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M SLI
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 X2
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 570M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M SLI
- Nvidia Quadro 5010M
- AMD Radeon HD 6870M
- AMD FirePro M8900
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M SLI
- AMD Radeon HD 6950M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
- Nvidia Quadro 4000M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 470M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 480M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M SLI
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
- NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
- ATI FirePro M7820
- AMD Radeon HD 6870M
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTX SLI
- Nvidia Quadro 3000M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M
- Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GT SLI
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
- Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M
- ATI Fire Pro 7740
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTX
- Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
- AMD Radeon HD 6775G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6770M
- AMD FirePro M5950
- AMD Radeon HD 6850M
- NVIDIA Quadro 2000M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GT
- Nvidia Quadro FX 3600M
Depending on what you have to spend one of these cards listed above is the best graphics card for you to get if you are serious about gaming. Intermediate Games This list will be in two parts. Cards with GPUs above the break will run most top end games, the ones below it may run some of these games, but I wouldn't count on it. Both sets will run mid-level games. The list is fast to slow. They aren't the best graphics card, but they will play most games. - NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
- AMD Radeon HD 6755G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6750M
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS
- AMD Radeon HD 6830M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830
- AMD Radeon HD 6760G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6740G2
- Nvidia GeForce 9800M GS
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
- AMD Radeon HD 6730M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5770
- AMD Radeon HD 6570M
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750
- AMD Radeon HD 6720G2
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
- NVIDIA Quadro 1000M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
- ATI Fire Pro M5800
- AMD Radeon HD 6690G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6650M
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
- AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6550M
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
- AMD Radeon HD 6630M
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
- AMD Radeon HD 6530M
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 565v
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
These are even farther away from being the best graphics card but they will play many games. - Nvidia GeForce 9700M GTS
- AMD Radeon HD 6645G2
- Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M
- Nvidia GeForce GT 335M
- AMD Radeon HD 6640G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6620G
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 560v
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
- Nvidia GeForce 420 M
- Nvidia GeForce 330 M
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
- NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M
- Nvidia GeForce GT 240M
- Nvidia GeForce GT 230M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
- AMD Radeon HD 6545G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6540G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6515G2
- AMD Radeon HD 6490M
- Nvidia Quadro FX 3500M
- Nvidia GeForce GT 325M
- Nvidia GeForce 520MX
- Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT
- Nvidia GeForce GT 130M
- Nvidia GeForce 9650M GT
- Nvidia NVS 4200M
- Nvidia GeForce 9650M GS
- Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT
Low End Games This is a group that may play some mid to high level games, but don't count on good performance there. - Nvidia GeForce GT 220M
- Nvidia Quadro FX 770M
- Nvidia GeForce GT 120M
- AMD Radeon HD 6510G2
- AMD Radeon HD 7450M
- AMD Radeon HD 6470M
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
- AMD FirePro M3900
- AMD Radeon HD 6520G
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M
- Nvidia GeForce GT 320M
- Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS
- Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS
- AMD Radeon HD 6480G
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
- AMD Radeon HD 6370M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
- AMD Radeon HD 6380G
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
- AMD Radeon HD 6450M
- NVIDIA GeForce 410M
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
Any slower GPUs/cards upgrades will play low end games but aren't worth the money if gaming is your goal. Many use shared memory like the Intel HD Graphics 3000 that is the integrated graphics for better new Intel powered laptops. If you are looking to speed up the overall performance of a machine though, they might help. If you want to play games, get the best graphics card you can afford. You may not be able to afford the best graphics card for lap top gaming computers, but try to make sure it is at least as fast as the laptop video cards at the bottom of this list.
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