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    planning to upgrade a g1s-a1

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tikt4ever, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. tikt4ever

    tikt4ever Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi,

    im getting a new g1s-a1 in the mail in a few days so i was wondering if i should order any components for upgrade. i plan on playing mmos on high or very hi settings (ie age of conan, potbs, lotro) and possibly crysis or some other fps's. i was wondering if a ram upgrade would be recommended, or is 2 gb enough to handle very good graphics? (Also, probably going to upgrade the hard drive to 7200.2 momentus due to SATA 300 as mentioned in the review.)
     
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    The 8600m GT is the bottleneck. Other improvements may help load times, but nothing will markedly improve framerates.
     
    Lithus, Mar 11, 2008
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    the 8600m gt is not that much of a bottleneck.

    i would 4gb of ram it may increse your framerate sighlty
     
    dondadah88, Mar 11, 2008
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    irablumberg Notebook Consultant

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    Get the Hitachi 200 GB 7200 RPM drive. It significantly outperforms the Seagate. Also, at least 3 GB of RAM helps to reduce swapping.

    Ira
     
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    yes i have one and it loads everything faster and also very silent
     
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  6. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I would say at most 3GB of RAM since Windows won't use more anyway. Save your money and invest them into the HDD, rather.

    Also, does the notebook support SATA-300? I don't remember details but I think many notebooks are limited to SATA-150.
     
    E.B.E., Mar 12, 2008
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