ive heard that i can go into the BIOS & allocate more system RAM to the onboard graphics. what does this mean and will it let me install other games to play suck as Joint Ops because i am on a laptop i cannot upgrade my video card to meet the requirements of certaint games does anyone know where i can get a better aftermarket video card for a Toshiba Satellite A45-S120 or if it is even possible to change it ive seen aftermarket cards for laptops just havent seen on or dont know if any of them are compatible with my toshiba thanks tons if ya help PEACE

the BIOS setting that does that is called AGP Aperture Size. 128 is usually a good number to set it but you should get another 512MB of RAM before you do that. 1 GB of RAM wil help you better at games than adding to the aperture size. The A45-S120 comes with 256 MB RAM. did you just put another stick of 256 or did you replace it with a stick of 512? That laptop wasn't really made to play games on so you might not get very good performance but 1 GB of RAM will definitely help. Hope this helps. Also, I'm not sure that you can get a graphics card for this laptop. I am pretty sure that laptop graphics cards are there because some people build their own using barebook systems. Build-in-Progress: NZXT Nemesis Elite Athlon 64 3200 Abit An8 OCZ EL PE Rev2 DDR400 X800PRO

You cannot upgrade the graphics card on a laptop...it's built into the motherboard...all you can do is buy a better laptop or notebook (notebooks are bigger). Even if you go into the BIOS & change the "shared RAM" setting to something higher, it still won't allow you to play games. Most laptops/notebooks aren't good for gaming, unless you specifically buy one built for gaming, & they are expensive ($2000+). ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

No! Gamerman4 is 100% wrong! Please don't listen to him! Aperture has nothing to do with shared RAM! And adding more system RAM will NOT allow you to play games. Generally, 128MB is considered the optimal Aperture setting. This should help explain: http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=8&var1=0&var2=32 Bottomline is you're not gonna turn your laptop into a gamer no matter what you do to it. ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

eh thanks for the hope killer hahah i knew it was a slim chance that i would make it better i know how to build a comp i need to build a Awsome comp bad part is college fees and no job :-( but yea at least i can play BHD with no problem and it actually plays pretty good now i just need to get a job when i start college and ill be set for an ultimate gaming pc :-D

chris AGP Aperture Size is A the amount of system memory (RAM) shared with an AGP graphics card in order for it to have more memory to process textures and other visual data. On my laptop this would mean my onboard card. For more info on AGP AP Size here is an entire guide on it. http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/aperture-size/ I seriously don't know what jam has against me though but I don't just make stuff up as I go along. Build-in-Progress: NZXT Nemesis Elite Athlon 64 3200 Abit An8 OCZ EL PE Rev2 DDR400 X800PRO

Oh yeah! and I never said more RAM will make you be able to play games but It would give you a performance boost for games that you can already play. sorry for any confusion. jam, My laptop doesn't seem to have a "shared RAM" option and I was thinking that he meant the AGP Aperture Size when he said if he can "allocate more system RAM to the onboard graphics". jam, could you me the difference between shared ram and AGP Ap. Size? It would probably help me later. Build-in-Progress: NZXT Nemesis Elite Athlon 64 3200 Abit An8 OCZ EL PE Rev2 DDR400 X800PRO