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Jeffrey Drake

Jeffrey Drake

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Hello Everyone!

I just bought an ASUS A53U ES21 from Amazon.com and I am relatively happy with it. It is definitely better than my HP G60 533CL (which recently broke). I like to go on a website call systemrequirementslab.com and see if I can run certain games. If I can't, the website usually tells me why I can't. For example, I checked out Skyrim the other day, and this was my report:

CPU Speed
Minimum: Dual Core 2.0 GHz or equivalent processor
You have: 1.6 GHz

RAM
Minimum: 2GB
You have: 3.7GB

OS
Minimum: Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit

Video Card
Minimum: DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM (NOTE: This requirement is NOT yet confirmed by Bethesda - NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT & ATI Radeon X1800. Please be advised this may change soon).
You have: AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Pixel Shader Version:
Required: 3.0 You have: 5.0
Vertex Shader Version:
Required: 3.0 You have: 5.0
Dedicated Video RAM:
Required: 512MB You have: 384MB

Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You have: AMD High Definition Audio Device

Free Disk Space
Minimum: 6GB
You have: 144.8GB

So, as you can see, my CPU speed and Dedicated Video RAM are a bit lacking. Now, I am on a VERY TIGHT budget, but I love gaming. Can any of you make any suggestions for someone (such as myself), on how to improve those two aspects of my computer? I just want a computer that is at least capable of running games like Skyrim. Right now, my computer can run Oblivion pretty well, but that means that I am only caught up with that era of gaming! I would love to at least be at the era of Skyrim (if you know what I mean). Any help would be MUCH appreciated, and I will be eternally grateful! Thanks in advance!

Very Respectfully,

Jeff Drake
 
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Supernova1138

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You have a laptop, which means you don't have any upgrade options. Only really expensive gaming laptops have any real upgradeability, and even then it generally isn't worth the cost and hassle. You have an entry level notebook designed for web browsing and light office work. It will not run Skyrim acceptably at any resolution, and there is nothing you can do to upgrade the CPU or graphics, at least not to the extent that it would make Skyrim playable. Your options are: buy a more powerful laptop, which won't be cheap, build a desktop system, which also isn't cheap, but would run Skyrim better than most laptops. The cheapest option for you would probably be to buy an XBox 360 and play the console version of the game. If you have a recently modern desktop computer, upgrading that system with a graphics card may also be an option to play Skyrim.
 
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Jeffrey Drake

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NORMALLY, I would definitely agree with you on the upgradeability of laptops. And don't get me wrong, I'm not "blowing off" what you're saying. I picked this laptop however because it IS upgradeable. I know I can't do MUCH, because changing too much could cause an overheat, etc. The ASUS A53U ES21 has the panels on the underside for easily accessing the areas needed to upgrade RAM etc. I just don't know SPECIFICALLY, for this laptop, what I should get that would help me out a TINY bit. I don't want Skyrim to be running on high graphics, etc... Just on crappy settings, that would be amazing :) Also, thank you for your quick reply!
 
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elemein

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You're correct to believe most laptops are upgradeable. Most are. It is a common misconception that most aren't.

Unfortunately, yours however, isn't part of that most.

It is a BGA socket, which means that it's CPU IS soldered to the board (as opposed to PGA socket). You cannot upgrade your CPU.

What I suggest is using a software called K10STAT to overclock your CPU (I believe you can if it's built off the k10 architecture. I think yours is.)

Also, add more RAM as adding more RAM will increase your VRAM. This is proportional and actual on the AMD APU platform.
 
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Jeffrey Drake

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Ah, I see what you're saying... Supernova, I apologize if that's what you were trying to say. Thank you Elemein for clearing that up. I will look into upgrading the RAM, and I will also check out the website that you suggested... Do you think I might have issues with heat upon "overclocking?" I mean, has that been a issue in the past?
 
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