(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I've been asking myself this almost since I first got my laptop, why aren't games running as smooth as expected? Here are my specs:

Processor: i5-2430M 2.40 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
(64-bit)
Display Driver: Intel HD Graphics 3000

I think those are all the specs I need...
Anyway, I think that it is the display driver/graphics card (not sure what it's called). To be more specific, I got BF3 (for PC), expecting to have tons of fun. I start it up, settings on LOWEST possible, I don't recall a second where the fps was above 10 (approximately). Not to mention, my gun was constantly appearing/disappearing, and it was virtually impossible for me to play multiplayer. Heck, even campaign was practically unplayable. Now, I play Minecraft a lot, and I don't want to get too into this, but either I'm expecting too much, or something isn't clear. I play minecraft with a 16x16 texture pack, normal render distance, fancy, smooth lighting, and optifine installed, and I average around 30-50 fps. Any info/comments about my pc are greatly appreciated.
Also, I'm a little discouraged to buy any other pc games, assuming it will probably be laggy too. Is this a correct assumption or is BF3 an exception?

It's the video/graphics card bro.

your graphics card. its a laptop so you cant upgrade maybe you can open up a budget pc thread in pc building and we can help you get a nice pc to play battlefield 3

HD Graphics 3000 is a very poor integrated solution by Intel. Unfortunately you have no upgrade path since your on a laptop. BF3 is particularly demanding, however you should be able to play some games such as COD on low settings with it.

You can buy a external graphics card which will make it run any games no problem.

he does have an option the next thing is to buy a graphics card from sony but their not cheap in any regard there external gpu's that run very well and are designed for laptops that came with a poor gpu

external graphics card? How does that work? From what I've heard, laptops are stuck with the graphicd card they come with. Thanks to everyone else by the way, I had a feeling it was the graphics card. well, now i know to buy a pc with a good graphics card next time.

It's kinda expensive, but you would need to get a Vidock, then get a graphics card to put in it.

I read up online about those, and although they do look good, apparently they are incapable of reaching what a desktop can do. Then, I looked on cyberpower, and found a few pc's under $700 that look great. Getting a new pc would probably be the better solution in this case. After all, christmas is only 3.5 months away, and getting a vilock would probably just be something to hold me over until then.