[Damage]

I have little hope of being able to do this but here goes

I have a fairly old pc but the graphics card in it still does the trick(with the exception of running things that need pixel shading 3.0)

Now i'm torn between buying a laptop(which would be really really handy) or saving for a new pc. The only thing stopping me from buying a laptop is the poor graphics cards on them,they're just not meant to run high end games. So i'm wondering if theres a way for me to run a game off the laptop but make use of my pc graphics card?

kinda like distributed processing but not

[Core]

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So i'm wondering if theres a way for me to run a game off the laptop but make use of my pc graphics card?

No, you can't actually do that without specific hardware modifications. And there are actually laptops designed for gamers - for example the Dell XPS series. But even my Studio 15 with a video card like ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 runs pretty much every PC game quite well (like Grand Theft Auto IV or San Andreas).

[William_Wilson]

Even if you could do what you are proposing, why wouldn't you just play the game on your desktop? You would have the 2 computers right next to each other anyway.

[Damage]

a new laptop would (specifications wise) crush my desktop except for the graphics card but i don't want to have to pay through my nose to get a laptop thats designed for games

basically i'm just looking for the cheapest way to get a rig that will run Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 without breaking a sweat

This post has been edited by Damage: 18 May 2009 - 05:23 PM