Need to upgrade laptop

anthrax123 · 08-13-2008, 05:18 PM

I have a an ati x1800 mobility 256mb I believe.
1 gig of ram.

and 2.33ghz core 2 duo overclocked 2.66

Is it hard to upgrade a computer? Would adding another gig of ram work?

My problem is I can only play games on grafix on low otherwise it lags Like a ***** I upgraded my stuff and attempted to tweak performance settings but no good. Would upgrading to 2 or 4 gigs of ram allow me to play most games with grafixx on high with no problem or is it my video game card? It's not that old.

**sobeit** · 08-13-2008, 05:23 PM

exactly what make and model of the laptop. You can go to crucial.com and run their scan or just search for your laptop yourself and see how much ram your laptop will hold.

Normally all you can upgrade in a laptop is ram and harddrive. IMO, based on what you said, if you want to run all of your games on high resolution, then you need a new laptop.

anthrax123 · 08-13-2008, 08:27 PM

Okay my computer has a ati x1800 mobility 256mb which seems to be the recommended and plus? For most of my games. I only have a puny 1 gig of ram and I think that might do it specially since I am running vista. My processor is not the problem (i don't think) I went to the site you gave me and it says I need DDR2 memory with support for DDR2 PC2-5300 speeds. I also have 2 slots. Should I get a 4 gig stick or 2 2 gigs? Will it be okay if I put in 1 4 gig with my 1 gig? Just incase I upgrade my OS to 64 bit?

Kage_61 · 08-14-2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by anthrax123

Okay my computer has a ati x1800 mobility 256mb which seems to be the recommended and plus?

Most games say mbile equivelants are not supported. Mobile graphics card run at lower frequencies plus all the powermizer stuff blah blah

You could try overclocking your graphics card, however read up on it because it comes with risks

If you want a better slice of pie tho your going to need a laptop with a 9 series nvidia card, which i find run best.

**sobeit** · 08-14-2008, 04:00 AM

again, exactly what the make and model of your laptop. You gotta help us to help you if you want specific answers otherwise its just guessing. As long as we dont know what you have we cannot answer your question about your ram accurately.

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anthrax123 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 9 OS: XP My System	Need to upgrade laptop I have a an ati x1800 mobility 256mb I believe. 1 gig of ram. and 2.33ghz core 2 duo overclocked 2.66 Is it hard to upgrade a computer? Would adding another gig of ram work? My problem is I can only play games on grafix on low otherwise it lags Like a ***** I upgraded my stuff and attempted to tweak performance settings but no good. Would upgrading to 2 or 4 gigs of ram allow me to play most games with grafixx on high with no problem or is it my video game card? It's not that old.

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sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Need to upgrade laptop exactly what make and model of the laptop. You can go to crucial.com and run their scan or just search for your laptop yourself and see how much ram your laptop will hold. Normally all you can upgrade in a laptop is ram and harddrive. IMO, based on what you said, if you want to run all of your games on high resolution, then you need a new laptop. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age Last edited by sobeit; 08-13-2008 at 05:24 PM.

08-13-2008, 08:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
anthrax123 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 9 OS: XP My System	Re: Need to upgrade laptop Okay my computer has a ati x1800 mobility 256mb which seems to be the recommended and plus? For most of my games. I only have a puny 1 gig of ram and I think that might do it specially since I am running vista. My processor is not the problem (i don't think) I went to the site you gave me and it says I need DDR2 memory with support for DDR2 PC2-5300 speeds. I also have 2 slots. Should I get a 4 gig stick or 2 2 gigs? Will it be okay if I put in 1 4 gig with my 1 gig? Just incase I upgrade my OS to 64 bit?

08-14-2008, 04:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Need to upgrade laptop again, exactly what the make and model of your laptop. You gotta help us to help you if you want specific answers otherwise its just guessing. As long as we dont know what you have we cannot answer your question about your ram accurately. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age