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    Averatec 6130HS Graphics Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by bbbadhabit, Nov 28, 2004.

  1. bbbadhabit

    bbbadhabit Newbie

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    I have an Averatec 6130HS with the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 64mb card. I am wondering If I would be able to upgrade this to 128mb or replace it with the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128mb?

    I would like to be able to play Half-Life 2 with 4x Anti-Aliasing with at least 40fps during really intense fighting scenes.



    -Andrew
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    Averatec 6130HS
    15.4" TFT Widescreen at 1280x800
    Pentium 4 3.0ghz 800mhz FSB w/ Hyper Threading
    512mb(2x256mb) pc2700 ddr333 ram
    60gb 4200rpm hard drive
    ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 64mb
    4x DVD+/-RW
     
    bbbadhabit, Nov 28, 2004
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  2. Rick_T94

    Rick_T94 Newbie

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    The graphics chip on the 6100 is soldered to the motherboard so its not upgradeable like some other companies that have an add on board that can be upgraded later it should become standard in hopefully another year or so
     
    Rick_T94, Nov 28, 2004
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  3. DamnageD

    DamnageD Notebook Consultant

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    I dont think you can even upgrade the memory on the standard ATI cards for a desktop, much less a laptop. Bets you may be able todo is install a good tweakable driver (omegadrivers.net) to crank up the proc and mem speeds.
     
    DamnageD, Dec 2, 2004
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  4. adidaswolf2

    adidaswolf2 Notebook Guru

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    I have the 6100 with the ATI 9600 64 Dedicated. Question. Games are kinda hit and miss with this thing. I was wondering what kinda preformance others are getting with this model. Im getting subpar preformance... How did they tweak the Video Card? Over clock? What to? The only games I play really are, Nascar 2004, Battlefield Vietnam and COD. Any suggestions.
     
    adidaswolf2, Dec 5, 2004
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  5. wipeout

    wipeout Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I play doom3 at 800x600 med details, vice city, UT2004 ... pretty much anything up to now

    I've only updated the video drivers to the catalyst ...
     
    wipeout, Dec 6, 2004
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