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    Acer 4720G upgraded, but now I want more!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by indexwheel, May 31, 2012.

  1. indexwheel

    indexwheel Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently posted about successfully upgrading my acer 4720G to a 9600M GT (512K DDR3) video card and T7700 cpu. This upgrade cost me only $150 all up and has improved performance a lot.

    HL2 plays really well at 1280x800 on high, Crysis and Crysis 2 are just barely playable at 1024x600 and low res, but another 10 or 20% speed increase would make a big difference I think.

    Being disabled and broke, is there any way I can squeeze little bit more performance out of this machine? (I can't use a desktop, as I mostly have to lay in bed). I am running winXP Pro SP3 (32bit), 2Gb RAM, and a WD 500GB 7200rpm drive.

    Your advice would be much appreciated!

    Regards, Rob
     
    indexwheel, May 31, 2012
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  2. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Adding RAM and moving to a 64bit system to be able to use it should help a lot for cheap.
     
    downloads, May 31, 2012
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  3. indexwheel

    indexwheel Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have upgraded my Ram to 3Gb total today, and I think that it has helped already. Pagefile usage seems to have dropped quite a lot. Now I have to get my head around an OS change to 64 bit....I might have to think about that one a bit first, sounds serious.

    Would upgrading my CPU from a T7700 to say a T9300 make much of a difference do you think?

    Regards, Rob
     
    indexwheel, Jun 2, 2012
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  4. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    An increase of 0.1GHz clock speed and 2MB L2 Cache is not worth the price IMHO.
     
    ellalan, Jun 2, 2012
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  5. robbert-h

    robbert-h Notebook Consultant

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    Get an SSD that will load your programs faster!
     
    robbert-h, Jun 2, 2012
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    But would bring the temps down.
     
    triturbo, Jun 2, 2012
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  7. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    Some experienced temps drop but for me it increased a bit but nothing to worry about.
     
    ellalan, Jun 3, 2012
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  8. Ishmum

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    Get an SSD for it, or a hybrid SSD like seagate momentus XT
    You'll know what the word "fast" really means
     
    Ishmum, Jun 3, 2012
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    .NetRolller 3D Notebook Deity

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    But an upgrade from 65nm to 45nm is.

    Penryns are significantly faster than Meroms even at the same clocks!
     
    .NetRolller 3D, Jun 3, 2012
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  10. ellalan

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    ellalan, Jun 4, 2012
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