Acer Aspire 5100 Upgrades?

Hello,

I own a 5100 & I am about to install CADD software & Games to this laptop, I am wondering if this laptop is worth doing the upgrades to? if it is worth the upgrades, what would be worth upgrading or all listed (CPU, SSD, Memory card, graphics card) I want a fast, reliable,great graphics machine. HOW DUE I CHECK THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION OF MY COMPUTER FOR ALL DRIVERS,MEMORY,GB'S etc....?

BT60

 

Download S.I.W.It's free and it will tell you everything you want to know about your computer.

http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw-setup.exe



http://www.gtopala.com/

 

Thanks for the SIW works great.

BT60

 

You welcome.I like it a lot.Great little app.
If you want more advice about your question you have to post some more specs.

 

I see there are all different sections included, Is there one area that I could get you the information without pulling from every category CPU, Memory, etc....

Thanks,

BT60

 

CPU(Processor),Memory RAM,GPU(graphics card),ssd or hdd.That's all that is needed.
PS.Especially GPU.

 

Good Morning,

SIW really works well, here are the specs you were looking for:

GPU Video Processor- ATI Radeon Xpress series (0x5975) Memory 256 Mbytes

Memory Ram-( DDR 2 PC2-5300) 4096 Mbytes

CPU Processor- AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile

I will be installing XP SP3 32 Bit, it also has room for another GBs Ram card for a total of 4GBs, can this machine run the full 4GBs with 32 Bit? I take it that this has a 2.5 sata drive?

Thanks,

BT60

 

No do not install another gb of RAM.You will see no difference.And I would say that even if you had a 64bit OS.For what you want to do the system is very good...It's not suberb because of the gpu.The only thing that someone(with money to spare)could do is install a solid state drive instead of the HDD that probably has.My advice is, if you can, install win7 any editon (32bit or 64bit doesn't matter)...Again my opinion is that the notebook as it is right now is very very good for what you want it to do....You cannot turn this notebook into a suberb gaming machine at a reasonable cost.

 

Hello,

Thanks for all your great advise, I will take your advise leave this laptop the way it is. It is great for my work application & general CADD drawings. I will leave the gaming & intense CADD to my IBM T60P Flexview.

Thanks again,

BT60