Upgrade a HP Pavilion dv4-2169nr

[A Mean Vampire]

My question is, is it feasible to upgrade this laptop for gaming or am i going to have to get a new one?

The windows performance index gives it a 4.6 for graphics, and 4.9 for gaming graphics
I'm willing to spend a couple hundred dollars but if it ends up being too costly or not feasible I may just have to use my desktop or buy a new laptop all together.

This is what I'm working with
Full specs

Product Number WA695UA#ABA
Microprocessor 2.26GHz Intel Core i3-350M processor
Microprocessor Cache 3MB L2 Cache
Memory 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM)
Memory Max 8192MB
Video Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Video Memory Up to 1696MB
Hard Drive 250GB (7200RPM)
Multimedia Drive LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 14.1" Diagonal WXGA HD HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g/n WLAN
Sound Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound
Keyboard 101-key compatible
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

 

[runswindows95]

Overall, new laptop. The biggest problem with laptops is 99.5% of them are not upgradeable outside of RAM and HDD. The ones that generally allow to upgrade the graphics card are $2,000+.

 

[A Mean Vampire]

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