Crap graphics card

[Zeipher]

What's up guys, I just wanna run my numbers by you guys because I want to purchase L4D, but my laptop wasn't built for gaming.

Dell Inspiron 1520
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
2038 MB of RAM
144 GBs free of 220 on the hard drive
Graphic card: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family


I believe everything is good here except the card. I looked it up, and Intel says it should be good enough for games of this caliber: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026200.htm

Do you think this chip can fly, or do I need to invest in another?

(On a sidenote, I've never played an FPS on a PC, I'm more of a console gamer. Should I get a PC controller or just stick to the mouse?)

Gracias.

[Goldkills]

Well intel's video cards suck i would try to get a good 9000m card from nvidia or something like it from ATI in order to run games well and use the mouse its better

[Darkness]

What's up guys, I just wanna run my numbers by you guys because I want to purchase L4D, but my laptop wasn't built for gaming.

Dell Inspiron 1520
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
2038 MB of RAM
144 GBs free of 220 on the hard drive
Graphic card: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family


I believe everything is good here except the card. I looked it up, and Intel says it should be good enough for games of this caliber: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026200.htm

Do you think this chip can fly, or do I need to invest in another?

(On a sidenote, I've never played an FPS on a PC, I'm more of a console gamer. Should I get a PC controller or just stick to the mouse?)

Gracias.

You wanna stick to the mouse. Its what it was (most likely, depending on game) designed for. Also, I think you will find replacing the laptop's gfx card quite a challenge.

This is not the right place to put this, the correct thread you want is here:
http://www.left4dead411.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11112

[Hon3r]

Yeah, Im in the same boat as you. All my laptop specs are fine... except the graphics card :(
I'm pretty sure it's damn near impossible to upgrade laptop graphics cards (in general).

And yeah, MOUSE > Controller > Joystick