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    Acer 5920 So-Dimm upgrade to 4gb

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by f4ri4, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. f4ri4

    f4ri4 Newbie

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    hi acer users. i have a 5920g with 2 gb ddr2 667 and im thinking about upgrade to 4gb. im looking for good memories that could give more "power" to my acer to play games and running other aplications better. im from portugal and im thinking buy this memories:

    TeamGroup
    Sodimm de 2048MB PC4300 @ 667MHZ
    - 4.4.4.12

    45€

    and

    TeamGroup
    - Sodimm de 2048MB PC5300 @ 667MHZ
    - 5.5.5.12

    49€

    now my question is, who is better pc4300 or pc5300. i think the price is very good but will i notice the improvement in the perfomence. is this worth it?

    sorry for my bad English im portuguese lol.

    cumps
     
    f4ri4, Nov 23, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    4300 is not 667MHz, so you need to get the 5300 if you want to keep your memory running at the same speed as now.
     
    adinu, Nov 23, 2007
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    e30sep11 Notebook Guru

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    5300 is better but the 32bit vista cannot recognize 4gb of ram only on 64bit vista.
     
    e30sep11, Nov 23, 2007
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  4. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    Currently 4GB of RAM is probably an overkill.
     
    Patrick Y., Nov 24, 2007
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  5. rodman

    rodman Notebook Enthusiast

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    just upgraded my 5920G to 4GB Kingston DDR667...installed vista x64...and works great...now i have 2303 MB of video memory...and now i have to try a few games...
     
    rodman, Nov 25, 2007
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    ok! update us with gaming benchmarks... :D :D :D
     
    bigspin, Nov 25, 2007
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  7. f4ri4

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    yes post some benchs. do you really notice and improvement with 4gb? humm i have vista ultimate 32 with aero and in idle the windows consume 1gb of ram, and i think its to many, so, next week im probably buy that 2x 2gb team memories. i hope my computer get more faster in game, i tested the pro evolution 2008, timeshift, company of heroes and he can handle all the games in high settings without problems. only need for speed pro street as issues in framerate but i think is a problem of the game himself, people says its runs badly in dx10 graphic cards. :D
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    f4ri4, Nov 25, 2007
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  8. rodman

    rodman Notebook Enthusiast

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    vista32 recongnized only 3 gb(3070mb)...so i've upgraded to x64 and now i see 4094 mb...now installing 3dmark06
     
    rodman, Nov 25, 2007
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    yep i know, i will install the 64bits when have the memories. i order the memories and now is waiting for next week to arrive :D. can you post some pics or some kind of tutorial to show me how to do the upgrade :D. lolol i love my 5920g i dont want make a mistake and ruin it.

    cumps
     
    f4ri4, Nov 25, 2007
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  10. rodman

    rodman Notebook Enthusiast

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    3dmark06 3350 score...512mb DDR2 8600M GT
    vista x64: it's the same install like 32 bit version(boot from dvd and so on...)...you just need the x64 version of vista
     
    rodman, Nov 25, 2007
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  11. f4ri4

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    lolol i know that but im talking about upgrade the ddr2, not how to upgrade the vista.
     
    f4ri4, Nov 25, 2007
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  12. rodman

    rodman Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol...i see now...
    it's very easy...there is no need for an expert to do this...you just have remove the back of your 5920G...you will see those two DDR2's...it's very easy...there no mistake to make
     
    rodman, Nov 25, 2007
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  13. bigspin

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    Read Service manual to know how to replace memory ;)
     
    bigspin, Nov 25, 2007
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  14. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Bhah...... :(

    No improvements.... :mad:

    Try some real game (Like BF2 or COD4/ or Crysis)
     
    bigspin, Nov 25, 2007
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