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    ASUS G51J-3D up to 8GB??

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Mr190E, Jun 4, 2010.

  1. Mr190E

    Mr190E Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Folks,

    since january 2010 i own a g51j-3d. A few days ago i bought GTA 4: Episodes from Liberty City. The game run´s great, but sometimes the framerat goes very down, under 10! I think the memory is to small and now i want to upgrade it with 2 x 4GB DDR3 RAM. The official asus-specifics say only up to 4GB-RAM...
    anyone who knows if this upgrade is possible?


    Greatings from germany,


    Andi
     
    Mr190E, Jun 4, 2010
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Yes, the G51J-3D can support 8GB of ram, however, I don't suspect your low frame rates are due to insufficient memory. The G51J models are equipped with the GTX 260M graphics card which tend to run quite warm during load. Since you've had this laptop for about a year already, I'd be more inclined to say your vents/ radiator is clogged with dust which is making your GPU overheat and results in your system downclocking the graphics card to prevent permanent damage to your hardware. I'd suggest getting a can of compressed air and do a thorough cleaning of your radiator and fan first.
     
    David, Jun 4, 2010
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  3. Mr190E

    Mr190E Notebook Enthusiast

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    The videocard warm up to 80-85°C during gaming. I don´t think this is the problem ;)
    GTA 4 "needs" a quad core cpu and about 6GB to run good. The graphiccard is not so importent :cool:
     
    Mr190E, Jun 4, 2010
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  4. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    GTA 4 required powerful GPU and CPU to handle many polygons and texture mapping at the same time, the question is which one is the bottleneck. :)
     
    GenTechPC, Jun 4, 2010
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