upgrading a graphics card.......
i recently tried to download a play a game on my laptop only to discover my graphics card is nowhere near powerful enough to handle it.
So my question is pretty basic....... the game recommends this:
Recommended: 3 GB, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480
You Have: Intel(R) UHD Graphics
Video Card Click here for the latest Video Card drivers.
Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Pass or fail icon Pixel Shader 5.1 5.1
Pass or fail icon Vertex Shader 5.1 5.1
Pass or fail icon Dedicated Video RAM 3072 MB 128 MB
Assuming I buy one of these graphics cards, so do I know it will even fit into my laptop and/or that my power supply can handle it?
Second question: According to some reading i've done, i can dedicate additional RAM on my PC to video RAM by editing BIOS settings. Right now I have 8GB of RAM. So if i dedicate 3GP to VRAM, is that essentially "subtracted" from my RAM? So I would have 3GB of VRAM and 5GB of RAM?
Info here: https://windowsreport.com/increase-dedicated-video-ram-windows-10/
For comparison, this is my laptop:
https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/6049488/HP-15-dw2025od-Laptop-156-Screen/
HP Laptop - 15-dw2025od
My notebook
Product number: 9ZG20UA#ABA
General specifications
Operating system
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Microprocessor
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1035G1 CPU @ 1.00GHz
System memory
8 GB
Memory slot 1
4GB Samsung 2667MHz
Memory slot 2
4GB Samsung 2667MHz
System board
85F3 40.23
System BIOS
F.02
Video
Graphic device 1
Intel(R) UHD Graphics
Current resolution
1366 x 768
Refresh rate
60 Hz
Version
27.20.100.9030 (11/27/2020)
Audio
Device 1
Realtek High Definition Audio
Status
Enabled
Driver
RTKVHD64.sys
Version
6.0.8924.1
Device 2
Intel® Smart Sound Technology (Intel® SST)
Status
Enabled
Driver
IntcBTAu.sys
Version
10.24.0.3694
Device 3
Intel(R) Display Audio
Status
Enabled
Driver
IntcDAud.sys
Version
11.1.0.17
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because i don't game, up until now LOL
what do you mean by 9r?
good news is i found an old game from 2009 i used to play that i wanted to play again, and my laptop specs can handle it 
well i own the new game, so in the future if i want to upgrade to a gaming laptop, i can always play it then!
Pm me if you want to select components & build desktop. Not hard & takes very little time. Maybe 20 min to do a simple build!
Be glad to walk you through the process.
And there are tons of great you tubes on how to build your own. Carey Holzman is one of the best! Really good guy.
If you need special help, I can walk you through it in PMs. 👍
Glad you found something else fun to play! Yaaaaay!
The system board in your laptop is unlikely to have a slot for a mobile 1060 card, or room in the case for it. Also, your current power supply is unlikely to have the wattage to run it. And then there’s the heat issue. These cards run HOT when gaming and your fans aren’t designed for that.
Buy an actual gaming laptop, or build a crazy fast desktop for less hassle and money. 