Acer Aspire 5920 Processor Upgrade Help...

Hey I've been having trouble deciding on whether I should upgrade my 5920's processor/ram and if it was worth it.

I play games moderately and I just need it to perform to my standards, so far in testing this laptop it doesn't hold up too well in FPS in the games I play (Counter-Strike: Source, Warhammer, etc).

I was wondering, if upgrading my processor from the T7300 to the P8600 or maybe even the P9500 would help at all in the performance increase.

In CSS, the computer itself gets 230 FPS on the video stress test. In the real time gameplay it holds up to it, but it's just that it isn't perfect and is sometimes skippy and I will get random chops every few minutes or so. I concluded that most of it was due to the heat and possibly due to the slower processor and amount of ram I have (I have 2GB).

If I can't get this laptop working up to par I'm going to have to invest in another one, as I plan on having a laptop that I can use for school and at home on external monitor and accessories without it being the 20 pound 17" gaming laptop.

Another thing is, will using the P series of processor lower my overall laptop heat and power consumption since they are 25W compared to the T7300's 35W?

Help me out, and thanks.

 

The P8600 and P9500 are not compatible with your laptop. They are for the newer Montevina Platform and need an enhanced northbridge controller GM/PM45. Your's is the PM/GM965, which only supports 667MHz and 800MHz FSB CPUs.

The best upgrade would be the X9000, and the best bang for the buck CPU will be the T9300/T9500.

BUT, in most cases the GPU is the bottleneck (Which GPU ?).

Do you see a 100% for both cores in tskmgr when playing those games ? You should also checkout the memory usage as well.

The skippyness is probably because of the slow GPU (8600M GT ?) or the HDD or background processes ?

 

Sorry Skyline, but no luck in being able to upgrade to the P-series.
They require the new 4 Series chipset that can only be found in the new Centrino 2 notebooks, despite the fact that they share a socket with the T7300 and the 5920G.
If you're looking for a CPU upgrade, you'd be looking at a T8300, T9300, or T9500.
BUT it might be more useful to upgrade your RAM first - look into getting a bump up to 3GB or even the full 4GB (even only 3.25 or so will be used by Vista 32-bit).

EDIT: Dammit Andy! You beat me to it by SECONDS.

 

Yea I have an 8600M GT. And yeah thanks for pointing that out (regarding the P series). I just saw them on newegg and I didn't really think about compatibility. Good thing I asked before I bought. :O

If I were to use the X9000, would there be any heat problems?

I am really hoping I can just spend around 600 or less upgrading the processor, RAM, and hard drive on this laptop so I won't have to spend another $1500-2000 on a brand new system.

I haven't really checked the cores, I'll get into testing them out later tonight.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

Installing the X9000 isn't really worth it, because you can't overclock the CPU very well, and not at all through the BIOS. There will be no heat problems, and I've seen a couple of guys reporting successful upgrades to the XE CPUs.

Go for the T9300/T9500. Plus, a 320GB 7200RPM HDD, and 3GB DDR2-667 SODIMMs.

 

I just ran some tests with some programs and with CSS, Firefox, AIM, mIRC, VLC, and some other various programs running my RAM still had around .5 GB free.

The CPU is at 100% when I'm playing the game though, so I'm probably looking at the T9300 on Newegg since they don't have the T9500. I'll probably just upgrade the processor, and if there's a good boost in performance I'll send for new memory and hard drive later down the road.

 

Newegg might be expensive - check eBay too.

 

hi first time to any computer forum.. ^_^

I know these few posts are from a few months ago,
but I also have an acer aspire aspire 5920g purchased in taiwan but being used in the US with:

vista 32 eng
4gb ram
geforce 8600m gt 512mb
core 2 duo t7500 @2.2ghz

I read up above that you recommend a t9500 or lower to upgrade for the processor, i wanted to know if there was anything faster after these past 4 months and if there were any limitations that the motherboard might have, (ie putting 8 gb of ram? and/or processor speed)
also
i use my laptop for photoediting/rendering/designing with:
cs4/cs3
revit architecture
autocad
rhino
sketchup
and future minimal ro gaming

would upgrading the operating system to vista 64 AND upgrading the graphics card AND hard drive, AND finally processor help with the over lag and choppiness associated that i have now while using the programs. (for cs4 photoshop i have gotten the patch fix but still retains minor laggy behavior)

is it worth it to upgrade this notebook now and stick with it, will it last the 3 more yrs of school?? VS selling/gifting the current and purchasing an apple mbp 17"(upgraded to max) to last 5+ years down the road

i thank you for reading and appreciate anything you can offer to help ^_^

 

I have an Acer Aspire 5920-6423 with an Intel Core2Duo T5550 processor. Are there possible processor upgrades for this model? I'm confused when it comes to type of slot and chipset I have.

 

Whatsdat, welcome to the forums, but please avoid bumping old topics. This thread hasn't been touched in 4 months. Please check the most recent post date before adding your post.

The 5920 uses the 965 series chipset and Socket P - you can use any Socket P T5xx0/T7xx0 CPU, or the T8100/T8300/T9300/T9500 CPUs (the latter are best because they're on the same Penryn core as the newest Intel CPUs).
Just avoid any P series CPU or T series with a 1066 MHz FSB, as it would be incompatible.

 

Sorry, I've never posted in a forum before. One of the reasons I was confused about sockets is because I did a search on T5550 and came up with 'slot 1x processor-Socket 479'

 

Well, that's quasi-accurate. Socket 479, M, and P all have 479 pins, but the arrangement of those pins differs in each.
The T5550 is most certainly a Socket P - you can trust the Almighty Wiki for help. And be sure to check the Hardware subforum for a better compatibility guide, too.