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    G1sn-x1 and T9300 CPU upgrade worth it?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Mars_999, Aug 17, 2008.

  1. Mars_999

    Mars_999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a dual 1.833 CD2 CPU and I see I can put in a 2.5Ghz dual core 45nm CPU. Does anyone have hard numbers to show the gains I will get from upgrading this CPU? Is it worth it? I would like the FPS in my games to go up, but doubt they will unless the 9500 isn't being saturated enough by the 1.833ghz speed.

    Thanks
     
    Mars_999, Aug 17, 2008
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    adyingwren Notebook Evangelist

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    It's 9700m GT and it really depends on the game. Some (particularly RTS games) are very CPU intensive and bottleneck even desktop quad core systems.

    2.5GHz is probably overkill (unless u need it for vid editing etc). 2.2GHz would be about right I reckon.

    Have you tried OCing your current CPU with direct console?
     
    adyingwren, Aug 17, 2008
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    Mars_999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    No its a 9500GS GPU, and I was playing sins of a solar empire and started to get choppy after there were boat loads of units on the screen at 1900x1200 resolution! So I was wondering if a CPU upgrade would help...
     
    Mars_999, Aug 18, 2008
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Firstly check if the CPU is indeed maxed out. It may be because of the GPU...
     
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    No, the CPU upgrade will not do much to improve gaming. The bottleneck is the graphics card, unfortunately running at 1900x1200 is a really high resolution for a 3D game and of course you are having rendering problems, I'm sure even a desktop 8800 GT would have trouble!

    Turn down the graphic details or your resolution and you should be fine. Btw, having it above your monitor's native resolution doesn't make any sense at all since LCD panels interpolate the pixels to the native res(and it gets blurry), rather run it at native res and turn on AA (Anti-aliasing) that should give you better image quality and performance. I believe your max resolution on your notebook is 1280x800?
     
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  6. Mars_999

    Mars_999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am using the external VGA port and running my 24" LCD screen and not using the Laptop screen. ;)

    Yeah I was affraid of that, should have kept my desktop, but I am building a new one. Game on!
     
    Mars_999, Aug 19, 2008
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  7. Dire NTropy

    Dire NTropy Notebook Deity

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    Gaming at 1900x1200 will destroy any midrange card (at reasonable details) such as the 9500m GS.
     
    Dire NTropy, Aug 19, 2008
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