Is it possible to update or install a new graphics processor?

I am currently playing second life and it runs very slow and sometimes choppy. I checked on the website for system requirements and realized I don't have the appropriate processor needed to run this application. I would like very much to update and install new processors but wasn't sure If I was able to. If anyone has any helpful information, please help! Thank you...
SecondLifer...

Hi, SecondLifer, and welcome to Apple Discussions. No, whatever graphics capability your Powerbook was shipped with, you'll have to live with it. It's all soldered onto the logic board — there's no card to replace, as there would be in a desktop computer. Nor am I aware of any currently available CardBus graphics accelerator similar to the old IX3D Road Rockethttp://www.welovemacs.com/ix3d.html of 1998. I don't recall whether the Road Rocket was actually faster than the Wallstreet G3's built-in graphics processor, or was just designed to allow the addition of another monitor.

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