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    E1505 upgrade options

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by themanwithsauce, Apr 21, 2008.

  1. themanwithsauce

    themanwithsauce Notebook Evangelist

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    My dormmate has an E1505 he got last summer for college. It has 2 gigs of ram, a 7200 C2D, and a 100gig 7200rpm drive. He also has the x1400 graphics module. Are there any other dell graphics modules that can be put into this model or is the 1400 all that will fit? He has some money for an upgrade but not enough for a new computer and he wants to play CoD4 at decent settings. I'm pretty sure that there is nothing for him to swap with but maybe I'm wrong.

    If he can't do a gpu swap, what are some of his other upgrade options for him? SOmething cost effective is always good. I heard the oard limit was 2 gigs of ram but perhaps this is false.
     
    themanwithsauce, Apr 21, 2008
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The GPU in the e1505 is upgradeable, but only with proprietary Dell GPU modules made for the e1505 series. You can essentially get the fastest GPU with which the e1505 shipped. That might just be the x1400, though.

    You can upgrade the processor up to a T7600, but it's definitely not cost effective. I don't know if the memory upgrade is possible, but it would not help too much; your GPU is almost certainly the bottleneck here.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 21, 2008
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  3. eyuras

    eyuras Notebook Consultant

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    the x1400 is the fastest graphics card available for the e1505, as it was only offered with the x1300 x1400 and 7300,
    unfortunately only tweaking settings will allow better frame rates for that system (better drivers would probably help if your using stock or generic ones)

    faster processor or more ram wouldn't boost FPS much as the GPU is the bottleneck
     
    eyuras, Apr 21, 2008
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