GeForce gtx 460

mattcook2333

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I have an Acer aspire E 15 laptop with
An amd quad core processor
8gb ddr4 ram
1000 gb HDD
And a amd Radeon r7 graphics card
I want to play F1 2017 on my laptop but I'll need to upgrade to get the minimum requirements which is a graphics card with 460 ghrtz. I want to know if when I purchase this graphics it will fit in my laptop. Here's the website.
https://www.discountelectronics.com/evga-geforce-gtx-460-1-gb-gddr5-pci-express-2-0-graphics-card/?utm_medium=googleshopping&utm_source=bc&gclid=CjwKCAjw7frPBRBVEiwAuDf_LWeG0NmADwpRQD_5pcnJcVo0nL5iDnsOpLsve0Tb8qQFx-tC_rAAoBoC2qAQAvD_BwE
 
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You can't upgrade the GPU as it's just a chip soldered onto the motherboard in your laptop. But besides that, that particular video card with 1GB memory is just the minimum GPU spec for F1 2017. You'd have to severely turn down the resolution and quality settings of it to run without being choppy in frame rates. You have three options:

1) Buy a console if you don't have one (recommended). You can find used PS4s out there for under $250 (in the US anyway). Bear in mind you'll need to spend $60 annually for a Playstation Plus account to game online, but that also offers you free games, some of which are AAA titles from a few years ago.

2) Sell your laptop and buy a gaming laptop with at least a GTX 1060 GPU.

3) Buy a desktop PC with...
You can't upgrade the GPU as it's just a chip soldered onto the motherboard in your laptop. But besides that, that particular video card with 1GB memory is just the minimum GPU spec for F1 2017. You'd have to severely turn down the resolution and quality settings of it to run without being choppy in frame rates. You have three options:

1) Buy a console if you don't have one (recommended). You can find used PS4s out there for under $250 (in the US anyway). Bear in mind you'll need to spend $60 annually for a Playstation Plus account to game online, but that also offers you free games, some of which are AAA titles from a few years ago.

2) Sell your laptop and buy a gaming laptop with at least a GTX 1060 GPU.

3) Buy a desktop PC with at least a GTX 1060 GPU.

 
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