Were they by any chance proper gaming laptops? But RV620 that you have is a 2008 graphics chip... and then someone puts it into a 2011-2012 17" laptop, I'm speechless. Good job Acer. Basically you got screwed. It's not like they at least gave you a gaming 2008 chip, it wasn't meant for games even then. Even the GPU in low-end C-30 netbooks is more powerful (yours still beats the Atom though). I don't suppose you can get your money back, can you? That would be the best course of action if possible. There is one: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html It lists chips in order of benchmark results. Keep in mind that memory doesn't really matter: 512MB of VRAM is plenty for Skyrim. Hey, it's more than PS3 has. One of the computers was not much more expensive than this one and the other was an old 2008 or so toshiba that was pretty good. And what do you mean my chip set is the weak spot?