Upgrading Video Card Driver

Hi there,
I want to upgrade my video card driver because my old one does not support some games I would like to play. I was just wandering which I should get, one that's cheap, but supports most games. Computer info:
Here's what it says in System Properties:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Server Pack 3
Dell Vostro 1500
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
T5270 @ 1.40GHz
1.40 GHz, 1.99 GB of RAM
Help would be appreciated, thanks
popy2308

In general, laptops can not have their graphics cards upgraded and the ones that can were extremely expensive and large, and the upgrades that are available are expensive to get installed and not worth it unfortunately.
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