On a scale of 1-100 how bad is my graphics card?

[brandy]

1 being the worst you can buy right now, 100 the best you can buy right now

i got a mobile intel R 4 series express chipset family
with a booster: nvidia geforce G210M cuda 512Mb

i think that's right. >.> could be wrong though :s
the dxdiag window thing just says the mobile intel r 4 stuff but on my computer the sticker says it has a booster and then there's this sticker with nvidia schtuffle on it.

also, how does it compare with a shader 2.0 graphic card/GeForce Go 6200 / Radeon mobile 9600
(1-100)
any help you can offer me would be AMAZING!
ANYTHING AT ALL

 

[KrisOhn]

The scale thing is subjective to what you use your PC for. But yes, your graphics card is quite old in the world of performance pc's.

Against the other graphics cards you listed, it would perform better.

 

[TylerH]

Like what was said above, it depends on the rest of your computer. If you put a GeForce 210 with an i7, it should be obvious where the bottleneck is going to be. I have one with a P4 and it makes the integrated gpu look like it was made in the stone age.

 

[brandy]

thanks! for the info.
ideally id like to use it for games. but. I am just going to have to go buy another computer by the looks of it. sigh.
haha, i tried playing bioshock on it. bahahahaha. epic lag. same with stalker and all the other games i bought. before i knew anything at all about computers. I am pretty cool like that.

 

[KrisOhn]

Yea, mobile graphics cards don't have much when it comes to power. I recommend instead of getting another, more powerful, laptop; build yourself a desktop. You'll be able to get much more power into it for a laptop of the same price, and its cheaper than buying from a store.

 

[TylerH]

... and easier to upgrade to get more (reasonably modern) life out of it. (That is, if you get a good mobo.)