Hello laptop users. 
I've had an AW m9750 Area-51 laptop since late '07, and it's been functioning fine, but I think it could probably use some upgrades to keep up with newer games.
Here are the specs:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
I'm not the biggest computer power tweak out there, but I've been getting frame rate drops to below 30 fps in Team Fortress 2 on all low settings, so I think a little boosting would be nice.
From what I understand, the m9750 is fairly easy to upgrade compared to most laptops, and that's good for me, because I've never upgraded a laptop before beyond adding more RAM to another laptop I used to have. The only time I've really delved into a computer's organs was back when I assembled a desktop a few years ago, and that process was pretty much "if it fits in the slot, it probably goes there" (most of the parts were given to me). :S
As someone who plays a lot of source games, I think my biggest bottlenecker right now is my processor, but I don't know how to begin with upgrading it. Are there guides anywhere on upgrading an m9750 processor? If not, do you know of any differences between a desktop processor I need to keep in mind? Do I need to use a mobile processor or something like that? Any recommendations?
Info on upgrading a video card would be cool too (though I don't plan on doing that right away).
Thanks a bunch. :]
I've had an AW m9750 Area-51 laptop since late '07, and it's been functioning fine, but I think it could probably use some upgrades to keep up with newer games.Here are the specs:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
I'm not the biggest computer power tweak out there, but I've been getting frame rate drops to below 30 fps in Team Fortress 2 on all low settings, so I think a little boosting would be nice.
From what I understand, the m9750 is fairly easy to upgrade compared to most laptops, and that's good for me, because I've never upgraded a laptop before beyond adding more RAM to another laptop I used to have. The only time I've really delved into a computer's organs was back when I assembled a desktop a few years ago, and that process was pretty much "if it fits in the slot, it probably goes there" (most of the parts were given to me). :S
As someone who plays a lot of source games, I think my biggest bottlenecker right now is my processor, but I don't know how to begin with upgrading it. Are there guides anywhere on upgrading an m9750 processor? If not, do you know of any differences between a desktop processor I need to keep in mind? Do I need to use a mobile processor or something like that? Any recommendations?
Info on upgrading a video card would be cool too (though I don't plan on doing that right away).
Thanks a bunch. :]
