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    Any possible upgrades to A215-S4747 to make it more gaming friendly?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by AnlDyxp, Jan 25, 2008.

  1. AnlDyxp

    AnlDyxp Newbie

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    Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite A215-S4747. it has AMD Turion 64 X2- 1.8 GHz - 200 GB Hard Drive w/2GB RAM. I was wondering if there are any possible CPU upgrades and such to make my notebook run faster for games? If i were to upgrade to 4GB of RAM would it be unecessary or would it help alot? What else could i do? please help :)
     
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  2. benx009

    benx009 Notebook Evangelist

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    gaming on notebooks really depends on the graphics card, and it looks like the ATI Radeon X1200 card on your satellite just won't cut it :( and seeing how integrated graphics chipsets can't be upgraded.... well, i think you get the idea. upgrading RAM won't really help much for games either. maybe you can save up for a new notebook?
     
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    computer112 Notebook Enthusiast

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    most often it is your graphic card that determines your notebook's ability to run games. Though it is nearly impossible to upgrade your graphic card on a notebook. You will probably not see a lot of performance boost from the 4 GB upgrade.
     
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