First Strike Forums — Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T20:43:25Z

then crysis. i think not.

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T20:33:38Z

Stardestroyersarecool wrote:

Havent played them but medieval has far higher requirments.

lol wrong.

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T18:21:03Z

ShinjiKoon wrote:

It is an Alienware laptop and i'm pretty sure the motherboard is removable. I'd want to upgrade to a 2.44ghz or so processor, how much do you think that would cost, and would i send it to Alienware to do that job?

Ask Alienware.
Seriously, without ProcessorType, Socket, GPU (nvidea 7950 ???) and motherboard-producer we can't tell you anything.

Maybe CPU-Z or SiSoftSandra can tell your more about your motherboard and socket, but Alienware knows it best.

Stupid and Silly Question:
Did you use a PSU while Playing CoD, and how much current / power has it ?

Most Laptops lower the CPUs Clock if they don't get enought power, maybe a stronger PSU is the cheapest solution.
Hell, even cleaning the Laptop from Dust or using a special racket for the laptop is sometimes a big help, because dirty Heatsinks an bad airflow in the case can also drastically reduce the gaming power.

Alrik, remebmering how a simple vacuum cleaner has improved the gaming power of his cousins laptop

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T18:14:31Z

Havent played them but medieval has far higher requirments.

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T17:19:41Z

what about cysis and bioshock

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T16:15:23Z

Luke SkyRaper wrote:

now is the moment in life where you learn firsthand not to buy a laptop ...
secondly, the concept of a "gaming laptop" is quite a paradox of terminology.
Its like calling something an " ultra high performance motor home."
You are actually limited by the graphics card not being able to upgrade, more than a lack of processors that will even work on that system.

My laptop runs any game on max settings with 0 lag. These games include cod4, medieval 2 total war, battlefield series, half life 2 and ep 1-2, moh airborne and probably more that I cant think of. Also I have updraded my laptop once.

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T12:12:43Z

upgrading processors on laptops is difficult, you gotta look at your mainboard specs, how high you can go with a processor, though from my personal experience its better to save for a new one than to upgrade the processor. i personally also use my laptop for gaming (and working), and im very aware of the fact that i am not able to play the newest games on the highest settings.

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T11:09:30Z

how much money have you got to spend. Personally i would wait and save up for a desktop

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T06:39:34Z

Minimum spec for a dual core is 1.8 ghz on cod4, you might look into that if you have the right socket type.

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T06:20:34Z

maybe you can add more RAM , but I know the processor upgrade is probably only in the range of a few hundered megahertz at best, and probably not cheap either.
Good luck bro .

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T02:44:58Z

i was fully aware when i got the laptop that laptops arent designed as gaming, but its not like i'm asking to play Crysis on this thing. But it has worked one everything from Oblivion to First Strike, and its only when i downloaded the demo for Call of Duty 4 that it slowed down a bit during the really intense parts, although i played it on highest possible settings. I realize that i wont be able to keep up for Direct X 10 games, but all i'm missing for Call of Duty 4 is 2.44ghz processer. I could probably play it overclocking but i'm too scared to try it, i heard it ruins your computer, especially a laptop.

Re: Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-09T01:55:13Z

now is the moment in life where you learn firsthand not to buy a laptop ...
secondly, the concept of a "gaming laptop" is quite a paradox of terminology.
Its like calling something an " ultra high performance motor home."
You are actually limited by the graphics card not being able to upgrade, more than a lack of processors that will even work on that system.

Upgrading the Processor of a Laptop

2008-01-08T23:55:31Z

Well now that Call Of Duty 4 is out, its become clear that my Alienware laptop needs some upgrading. It already has 2 gigs of good ram, a shader 3.0 graphics card, but unfortunetely i was an idiot and only bought it with 1.66ghz intel pentium processor. Now i might want to upgrade it, but i dont know if i can or how much it would cost. It is an Alienware laptop and i'm pretty sure the motherboard is removable. I'd want to upgrade to a 2.44ghz or so processor, how much do you think that would cost, and would i send it to Alienware to do that job?