Is it possible to upgrade my HD3000 card to a dedicated one?

Almost everyone argues about the lack of gaming performance on every Mac 13" with HD3000 graphics card.
Low frames even at low graphics definition. It's quite annoying to spend almost 1150€ buying a computer that won't run great (even with minimum graphics, I don't really care) on 5+ old games.

No you can't and I'm not to pleased with Apple lumping the graphic under performing 13" with no dedicated video card in with the rest of the "MacBook Pro's" and not adequatly informing consumers of it's pitiful graphics capability.
They should know with the small form factor and lower price that more younger types could more easily afford that model, the market that plays 3D games more often.
Apple totally ignores the 3D gaming market and always has because paying attention to that market requires one to replace the video card and Apple doesn't want people to extend the life of their hardware by replacing parts. They want you to buy a new machine every 3-4 years and not every 7-10 years like a Windows tower can.
FYI the Intel HD 3000 scores only 11 points on Cinebench.
The 15" and up score 35-45 points.
The best machine to get for 3D gaming is actually a Win 7 64 bit bit gaming tower with 4GB of RAM expandable and a decent power supply, this way you can buy new video cards, optical drives, hard drives etc etc. Choose what monitor you want, it's quality and resolution etc.
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
With Mac's you only get about a year or so with 3D games and they are non-competitive after that because you can't upgrade the video card or can't find any for the MacPro's.
So online competivie 3D gaming belongs on Windows and is a joke on Mac's, sure you can play the bots, but that's no fun after awhile.

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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_it_possible_to_change_the_video_card_in_a_mac_mini_ a_mac_mini_10.5.5_Leopard_that_meets_all_the_other_system_requirements_so_that_i t_can_play_Spore
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