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    acer 8930g cpu/gpu upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rdr1991, Nov 10, 2012.

  1. rdr1991

    rdr1991 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys. i wanted to know whats the biggest fastest cpu/gpu i can put in this laptop ? i have a few ideas but am not sure..

    ive read that it can take quad cores. ive looked for some info, but cant find any,... can some one enlighten me ? xD i know you need a certain bios, does any one know ? or does any one know the name of the quad cores it takes ?

    as for gpu. i know it comes stock with upto gt 9700m but id like to put a faster/bigger graphics card. perhaps a 1gb mxm2. i belive thats what this laptop requires.

    also ive read some where you can speed up the motherboards bus system from 1066 to soemthing. but not sure how. any information would be great. as this would improve gaming alot.

    please any help would be valuable.

    thanks guys.
     
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    shakennstirred Notebook Evangelist

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    rdr1991 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeh, thats useful. ive looked at that lounge/forum for the last 3 hours. cant find anything properly useful.
     
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    don't remember seeing anything about speeding up the motherboards from 1066mhz
    most have found the quad cores don't work it all depends on which motherboard you have(you cant update the bios to get one to run also), the X9100 runs great though
    the Quadro FX 3700m is the max for gpu
    6gb ram is the max @1066mhz(pc1333mhz ram runs fine but its knocked down to 1066mhz as the motherboards max)
    SSD's run great in them as do the 7200rpm HDD's if you want some speed from the harddrives
     
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    rdr1991 Notebook Enthusiast

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    oh okay, i think i remember reading that you could overclock your fsb.
    ive also looked at the fx 3700, it appears it uses a different mxm type as i have found some online but they appear to be different such as this.
    HP NVIDIA (P/N: 488125-001) QUADRO FX 3700M 1GB VIDEO CARD | eBay
    thats the closest i can get, if i bought that, would it work in this laptop ? or is it a different mxm type, could you point me to the right direction ?

    thanks
     
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    don't remember seeing anything about upping the fsb that works.
    read the last 5-6 pages on the main thread that I posted in my first post here for more info on the gpu to get
    really every thing you need to know about the 8930g is in that thread, I know its long but its there for a reason, so that everyone just doesn't keep opening there own threads asking the same questions over n over
     
    shakennstirred, Nov 11, 2012
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