Acer Aspire 5315 new graphics card???

Hi. Wondering if you could help me.

I've got an Acer Aspire 5315 with the Mobile Intel GMA X3100 in it as standard on the motherboard. Granted this isnt a great card for a lot of (or any) modern games, but I was wondering if it's possible to have another (better) graphics card put in it?.. Maybe a better processor too, because its got a Celeron 550, but the graphics card is priority at the mo.

Sam

 

Well it says on the front of the machine that its got the Mobile Intel GMA X3100, but the Device manager says it's got a Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family... If thats any help...

Sam

 

Your laptop has Intel x3100 integrated video card(IGP) which is NOT upgradable(I have the same). You can upgrade the CPU to Core 2 Duo socket P Merom, this will boost your laptop performance for sure. A good 2-2,4Ghz Core 2 Duo will give you like 10fps more in games.

 

So I cant replace the graphics card at all then? And there's no room inside it for a seperate one? I'm not much knowledgable on hardware, but I've heard you can get external graphics cards that just plug in, or something like that.

Thanks for your help dude.

\m/

 

Check this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=86864

Cheers

 

Thanks for that.

It seems I need to find a better CPU... Any idea how much those that the guy above mentioned will set me back?

S.G

 

I found a T8300 (2.4 GHz) on eBay for about $200 Canadian.

 

Cheers dude.

S.G