Sony Vaio Pro 13's Horrible Graphics Performance

I'm using Sony Vaio Pro 13 Model SVP13215PXB and from day one it has this video problem. When you boot it up the videos (over internet or hard drive or games) will play smooth for 5 minutes and then start becoming choppier and choppier as time goes by. For example if you are watching a You tube video it will start normal then in few minutes the frames will start to freeze and hang and worst with time. I've been in touch with support over phone. They did basically install/uninstall of drivers then asked me to reinstall the OS and in spite that nothing has change. In the end they just gave up by saying “please use it for few days and let us know if anything changes”. Hoping against hope in my opinion. Looking close, there is no dedicated graphic memory in this high end laptop and that makes the machine struggle to keep up with today’s modern video demands. Even the cheap laptops come with 128-256 MB of memory. But this one has absolutely none. It’s so horrible that the GTA IV can’t be even played on it which I believe was released in 2008 and this is a 2013 machine. I know that nothing can be done about it and may be that is why Sony stopped making laptops. But the people who invested on the brand will suffer for few more years to come.

 
Hi asifms, 
Sorry if I missed this post. This usually happens when customer is creating multiple threads. I already answered your other post and I will post my answer to this to the other thread, since you already asked the same question. I hope you don't mind. 
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