Help me choose a good Graphic Card for my Laptop

Hello guys, first let me say I'm glad I've found this forum, It's been some time that I wanted to decide and buy a new graphic card for my laptop, but I guess this is the time and I'll start by asking for some help from you.
My laptop is HP Pavilion g6, the specs are the following (using CPU-z)
CPU: http://prntscr.com/5fqo9f
Caches: http://prntscr.com/5fqohx
Mainboard: http://prntscr.com/5fqomk
RAM: http://prntscr.com/5fqos4
SPD: http://prntscr.com/5fqoxh
Graphics: http://prntscr.com/5fqp1b
I wanted to ask you what kind of graphic card would suit my laptop, and which one do you recommend me buy?
I would to play all the latest games... I believe I need another 4GB of RAM memory, and I believe my CPU is good enough, what do you say guys?
Thank you!
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Hi,
What is the model/product of your laptop ? Generally speaking: we can't upgrade video card for nearly all laptops.
Regards.
BH
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here's a link to my model
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osoignite wrote:
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