M51Sn Upgrades???

i have an Asus M51Sn. I was looking to upgrade.

Current specs are
T9500 2.6ghz processor
4GB ram 1 GB turbo ram (don't know if its true only 3GB is shown due to vist 32bit)
dedicated graphics card GeForce 95000M GS

any info on what i can do to upgrage my laptop would be great

 

You can upgrade your HDD (probably the best thing to do).
Your CPU is already great, if you want you can change it to an X9000. Or overclock your current CPU.

Your chipset might support 8gb ram (works for some, but you would have to install a 64bit OS).

Do you have an MXM GPU? because that would be a good upgrade.

You can usually upgrade the screen (not easy).

Upgrade the battery.

Upgrade to win7?

Depends on what you do with your notebook?

 

looking to do multimedia and gaming on it.

don't think i hae a MXM GPU. which on can i change to?

is the extreme processor gonna be a lot better cause doesn't look like much difference from my processor

 

The X9000 is pretty much your CPU just with an unlocked multi. Not worth getting.

About the GPU, you should take the notebook apart and see if it's removable.
Also take some pics of the connector. Then it should not be too hard to see what you can upgrade to.

You can overclock the GPU (very easy and is great for gaming).

 

Get windows 7 64 bit first...

ur CPU is good enough... don't waste cash to get X9000

For GPU upgrade , not possible... but u can use an external graphics card solution called DIY Vidock.. link below

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=418851

 

thanks for the advice.

just wondering about the windows 7 64bit. i have heard that alot of program drivers for the 64 bit are either unstable or hard to find is it true?

 

No it is not true.

 

thanks for the info

 

64 bit drivers these days are readily available, and they are not unstable.

Your GPU is an Asus type MXM card. This means that it is MXM, but it is flipped, as Asus likes to do, so it's pretty much rendered proprietory, unless you can get hold of a GPU exactly the same spec (Asus type MXM), but has better memory (say, GDDR3 vs DDR2). Obviously the performance gains from doing this aren't really worth the price for most people though.

If you were to upgrade to an X9000, it would probably be best to check your temperatures on idle and load by using HWMonitor. If your temperatures are good enough, it may be an alright upgrade - most of the time it's not recommended though as the cooling system of the notebook generally won't be able to handle the extra heat output of the extreme series processor. Not to mention that it will suck up a little more battery life.

However, you can overclock your current notebook. You will need to find out the PLL in your notebook first though.

 

^ yes I thought the GPU might have been. I say it's worth upgrading it if you can find like a 9650 GT:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Asus-M50-M50V-9...emQQptZPCC_Video_TV_Cards?hash=item1c0f38f04c
http://cgi.ebay.com/Asus-M50-M50V-9...emQQptZPCC_Video_TV_Cards?hash=item2304b9ac58
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nvidia-Geforce-...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW?hash=item3a57541fd2

 

DIY Vidock is still a better option although its slightly more expensive... also it upgradeable as more better cards com out.

 

You could get the same results with overclocking a 9600M GT, seeing the 9650M GT is just a slightly higher clocked version of the same card.

But if the original card is a DDR2, then you get a GDDR3 card, then it may be worth it. It depends on whether you think paying the price premium is worth a 20% increase in performance.

DIY ViDock is a good option though, if you get a 5870, you will get about 13,000 in 3DMark06.

 

also u can also use a 5970... it would most probably push the score up to 20K.... but nobody has tried yet... also once u card is old, u can sell it and upgrade the DIY Vidock... get it and u won't regret it.