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    RAM or Graphics Card...need to be upgraded?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by montydon, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. montydon

    montydon Newbie

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    Hello there

    I've just bought a Toshiba Satellite Laptop with these Specs:

    Pentium with dual core inside© 1.6GHz.
    1GB RAM
    120GB Hard Disk
    250MB Graphics Card memory shared.
    Windows Vista Home Basic.
    3.2 Rating:-
    Processor: 4.7
    Memory RAM: 4.3
    Graphics: 3.2
    Gaming Graphics: 3.3
    Primary Hard Disk: 5.2

    And I have 5 games in it, 2 of which have elements disappear, Charaters in Commandos Destination Berlin, Birds and Swords in Eragon.

    From the Ratings I abviously need to upgrade the Graphics card, but this is a rather big step, as the RAM is very good I suppose.

    So what do I really need to upgrade is it the RAM or the Graphics card or shall I just install Windows XP instead of Vista. please let me know....thanks

    Montydon
     
    montydon, Feb 27, 2008
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  2. lappyforphotoshop

    lappyforphotoshop Notebook Deity

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    you can not upgrade integrated graphics to Discrete one.

    So you can do nothing for your situation, sorry though.
     
    lappyforphotoshop, Feb 27, 2008
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  3. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Which notebook is it exactly? 1Gb of extra ram will help alot. :)
     
    Johnny T, Feb 27, 2008
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  4. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Yea go for RAM it is cheap. GPU sorry.
     
    powerpack, Feb 27, 2008
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