I have a Acer Aspire 5100-3357 with an AMD Turion 64 2.0 ghz ati radeon xpress 1100 120gb and 1.5gb of ram. I have Counter Strike Source set to the recomennded settings for my system 1280x800 and for the video stress test i get like 10fps. I was wondering if i put the max amount of ram (4gb) what would the fps be or how would it improve
2007-07-26 12:27:38 · 5 answers · asked by v3tman 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
have a Acer Aspire 5100-3357 with an AMD Turion 64 2.0 ghz ati radeon xpress 1100 120gb and 1.5gb of ram. I have Counter Strike Source set to the recomennded settings for my system 1280x800 and for the video stress test i get like 10fps. I was wondering if i put the max amount of ram (4gb) what would the fps be or how would it improve. how could i upgrade my graphics card on my laptop
2007-07-26 12:39:09 · update #1
Installing the maximum allowed Ram would help run your computer more efficiently but has nothing to do with graphics or video cards.. To get the frame rate higher you would need to buy a higher end video card with more memory..
2007-07-26 12:36:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason y you're gettin 10fps is because:
the radeon xpress 1100 is an integrated graphics processor (built in to the motherboard and does not have its own memory and uses your system memory) its also really slow compared to even low-end video cards today
adding ram might help a little...but nothing significant. ram only helps do non-graphical tasks where its cpu-intensive and not video card intensive.
you can't upgrade the graphics card on your laptop...sorry...you'll have to buy a new one
2007-07-26 20:41:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your limiting factor is your graphics card, so adding more RAM is going to do little to solve your issue. You need a new graphics card, but I am not sure how upgradeable laptop GPU's are?
2007-08-03 11:00:06 · answer #3 · answered by Johnnie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutly, More is always better.
You will also find that a clean copy of XP or Vista rather than the computer companys copy it will make a huge difference, You won't get all there extra junk.
Don
2007-07-26 19:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4gb will always help, also upgrade your video card and your golden
2007-07-26 19:30:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋