is my acer aspire upgradeable??

hi all,pretty new to the world of Laptops,recently i just bought a Acer aspire 4925G at a good price.... and i noticed that the new gens of games are extremely high demand on the laptop,Doom3 played pretty well on my aspire but Left4dead pretty tough....my laptop specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7500 2.2ghz 800mhz FSB, 4MB L2 cache
Nvidia Geforce 9300M GS 256MB up to 1GB Turbocache
4GB DDR2 RAM(upgraded from 2GB)
250GB HDD
OS Win Vista Home Premium SP1

i read through the forum and i found out its possible to up the CPU and the GPU,in my case possible??
some of geeks friends told me that the processor with 4MB is much better than 2MB,is it??
what can i do up my laptop to match Left4dead and other power games in the market??

many thanks....

 

You should be able to upgrade the processor to a T9500. The video card you might be stuck with though.

 

ram, hdd and cpu are upgradeable

 

i stuck with the GPU,even the upgrade of the CPU looks pointless....hehe....
it....

 

The graphics card in your laptop is integrated, (soldered to the motherboard)
It is not removable and not upgradeable.
The T7500 you currently have is a very fast processor, and upgrading to the T9500 will not show much of a performance gain.
If you want to game better its time to get a desktop or a laptop with a more powerful dedicated graphics card.

K-TRON

 

okok thanks....

is it mean that as long it has up to ..... turbocache or hypermemory is integrated??
how to look out for whether is integrated or dedicated?

 

Usually words like turbocache and hypermemory are directly correlated to how the graphics card steals memory and its power from the rest of the system.

Its hard to distinguish if you are not up to par on current gpu names, but here is something simple you can look for:

Any Intel graphics card is integrated and very poor in graphics performance.
Any SIS Unichrome graphics, trident or neo magic graphics is also integrated (These are mainly used on older VIA based systems)

For nVidia usually all of the integrated cards have a x1xx model number. So a nVidia 6100 gpu is integrated.
The nVidia x3xx x4xx and many x5xx/x6xx cards are dedicated cards but are usually soldered onto the motherboard and non removable. Only a few 8600mGS and 8600mGT and 9500M/9600M cards are actually on an upgradeable/removable MXM type slot
The second number is the most impotant number in nVidia's number scheme. A card with a x7xx, x8xx, x9xx are all the higher end cards which are almost always removable. The 8700mGT is a powerful gpu, as is a 6800, 7800, 7900.

For ATi, well their are not many options now adays, so you either have the 3450 or the 3650 which are both integrated solutions.
the ATi 3870 mobile cards are removable and upgradeable.

Usually you can also tell the power of the graphics in the system by its price. Gaming laptops and laptops with powerful graphics cards are not cheap, so they will always be a lot more expensive than the model with the integrated graphics.

However your best bet is posting here on nbr before you buy the system to find out if it has upgradeable graphics or not.

K-TRON

 

Technically speaking 9300M GS is a dedicated GPU, meaning that the Graphics Processing Unit is a separate chip, not inside the northbridge of the chipset like Intel GMA series, however the chip itself is soldered to the motherboard, therefore you cannot change it. It has 256MB of dedicated VRAM and the rest of it (up to 1GB or whatever) is taken from the main system RAM.

 

8400 , 9300 and 9400 are not integrated, soldered on to the motherboard maybe, but NOT integrated as in integrated in to the chipset of the motherboard. There is a difference. Even some 8600M GT s are soldered on to the motherboard (i.e : XPS M1530) that doesn't mean it is integrated.

 

Right you are, error corrected

I sometimes confuse soldered on and integrated, thanks for catching that

K-TRON

 

yeah i understand already....many thanks....
i will google for more info....
and post more on NBR

 

There's only one way you might have a chance to upgrade your 9300m and that's if that model laptop/motherboard was released with a more powerful graphic's card, like a 9600m gt which is a good chance. You'll need to buy that motherboard and sell yours. I know this is extreme, costing $300~$400, but you'll get about $200 for your's. Besides buying a decent graphic's card for a desktop will set you back around $200 anyway, so in comes down to how much you want it and how much hassle you're willing to go through, if it's possible.

 

oh interested.....i m ok with the price,as long it ups my graphics....means i just buy the motherboard of the same new released model?

 

No, there's not much of a chance any other model laptops motherboard will fit your model.


You know how you can customize a laptop, where as you get a choice of components you want, well if your model laptop came out with a more powerful card, you'd probably be able to buy a motherboard with a better card for your model. (Just your model not a newer one)

 

You can't just replace the motherboard.

Sorry, GPU upgrade is 99% impossible for you.

 

....haha....thanks....i know what to do....

 

If I go to the HP site to customize a DV7t and get to the Graphic card phase of the process, there will be either a 9200M MS or a 9600M GT to pick from, at this point in time you are choosing which motherboard that will be installed into that laptop you're customize, or am I wrong?

If I'm right why wouldn't I be able to replace a damaged motherboard with either motherboard if need be in the future?

 

okok thanks thanks.....one of the question....
i had this experience with my previous laptop,its about the battery...
i only use the battery for few times,mostly on power adapter,then in long period of time(2-3 years),when i start charging the battery,it couldn't charge at all,even tried to start the laptop up with the battery in it,still no use....i guess the battery's dead....
is it true that if u don't use the battery for a very long period of time,it will spoil and can't use anymore??