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The only other thing I could suggest, would be to slip a new 2.0Ghz cpu in there, but that would be unreasonably expensive against the modest gain in speed you'd get from such an upgrade.
Sounds like you should have bought a notebook PC with a straight P4 in it rather than the I9200 with it's mobile components.
- Okay I have 3 desktops already and this is our 2nd notebook...This one is mine and I just want it to be somewhat comparable to my desktops...I know this notebook has the potential..But if all I need to do is upgrade my RAM and my HD to 1GB @ 7200 I can do that.....Thanks for the advise..If anyone has anymore suggestion please share................*******************************************************************************Inspiron 9200: Intel Pentium M 725 Processor (1.60GHz/400MHz FSB) Microsoft Windows XP Home 512 MB SDRAM 333MHz (2 DIMMs) 60 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM) 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 17 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen XGA+ Notebook Screen Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 mini PCI Card 8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
- Okay, so the real question to ask is what do I do in order to speed it up? I want faster.. here is what I currently have in my sys...what do I need to add/change.......HELP!??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***************************************************************************************************************************************Inspiron 9200: Intel Pentium M 725 Processor (1.60GHz/400MHz FSB) Microsoft Windows XP Home512 MB SDRAM 333MHz (2 DIMMs)60 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 970017 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen XGA+ Notebook ScreenIntel PRO/Wireless 2200 mini PCI Card8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
cobra_2004
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But the Mobile 2.0 Ghz is comparable in speed to the P4. But it's a lot smaller, more energy efficient, and runs cooler. It's a nice CPU. I bought my 5150 which has a desktop CPU in it and its fast, but it's also very large. I don't think your computer would have the physical space for it, plus, the busses are different. But I agree with the suggestions on these boards, your CPU isn't slow, it's the fact that your HD is probably running at 4200RPM or 5400RPM, and upgrade to a 7200RPM drive would speed program load times greatly, plus 512 MB ram is pretty standard these days, upgrading to 1gig would put you to the top, give you that little extra edge.- I have same specs except the 1.8GHz CPU instead of 1.6GHz.It is faster than my P4 3.2GHz desktop in gaming, even with only 512 meg ram.I don't do any stuff intense except gaming, but from what is posted, yes, the P4 is slightly faster for many apps.But for gaming, the P-M owns the P4, and even same clocked A64+ units.Couple simple "upgrades" you can do for free that help performance tremendously:Format and install XP (Pro preferred) with SP slipstreamed. (cleans out Dell bloat)Install Omega Ati drivers.Try different resolutions.Here running WXGA, and native 1440x900 works fine for all games.If you have WUXGA, the higher native resolution could be a problem.
Message Edited by RobsTV on 01-24-2005 10:38 AM
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Posted January 23rd, 2005 06:00
Why upgrade from a PM to a P4HT....errr ya
Why don't you get a desktop. PM is the new standard.
If you still want to do it you'll need a few things...where so I start?