Graphics Card?

[seireikhaan]

Greetings, inhabitants of the Arena.

Now, poor little, tech-confused me is out looking for a laptop for college before I leave the nest. I'd like to keep it from being grossly costly, but I'd like a laptop that can do pretty decent on gaming as well(so I have something to waste my time on whilst in college ().

Now, I've seen a bunch of mumbo jumbo graphics cards out there, and frankly, I have little clue what they all do. Soooo, gracious masters of gaming tech, I beseech thee; what graphics cards are worth getting? Which ones will enable me to play something that's actually somewhat modern?(unlike the poor dying creature that I'm on right now). Any help is much appreciated.