How much would it take to upgrade this to a good modern processor for good graphics and speed for modern games and make a overall good gaming laptop?
648787
Not worth it dell stopped supporting this machine. The new steam boxes will take over eventually
648788
You can't. Laptops are incredibly hard to upgrade. If you want something you can upgrade, then get a desktop. Laptop is meant for portability.
648789
about $400 for a decent processor, you cant upgrade a laptop graphics chip. go to xoticpc.com and find some newer laptops for gaming. you can also customize it before you order it. most msi have the awesome keyboard lights and cost a lot less.
648790
I am not sure if it's possible to upgrade to the latest technology, it has limited slots and physical internal space to add memory, upgrade processor and so on.. I sold this computer already cause it is discontinued but when I asked that question the geeksquad [best buy] estimated around $400 if you provide the parts..
115303
You generally cannot upgrade the graphics card in a laptop. Same with processor.
1249944
Yes it can run some of the modern games it even runs games like Sims 3 but good luck getting it to run games like Skyrim with out an upgrade
578736
Faster than what?You should be able to play without a problem. It depends on your graphics card though. I overclocked mine without any issues too. It is an old processor now. Hard to find motherboards for it.
2121488
no, it simply would not do any good for gaming. For gaming you would need at the very minimum 4-8 GBs of RAM (this has 1 GB RAM which is very bad especially for gaming) and about 3.1GHz or an Intel Core i3 / Intel Core i5 hope this helps :)
262960
You cannot upgrade the processor but you can upgrade the Graphics Card to anything that will support the PCI-E 2.0 X16 slot
1553819
Oh yes, this processor is GREAT for gaming. I am playing all the latest games, with settings set to ULTRA, and having no issues. I also have a GTX780 video card. Games look stunning and play with high FPS. I am not overclocking the processor or the video card.
1571585
for sure. this laptop can play most of the games and if u use sli, u can play games under at least medium video setting
455900
I wouldn't recommend it. It's 2 generations old. If you really want to play intensive games (crysis, BF4, far cry, ARMA, etc.), a good desktop could be built for the price of this laptop.
190999
Yes, but not at 100% graphics settings. I tried TF2 and it ran perfectly at 100% detail, but that's not a power-hungry game. I also tried GS Global Conflict, and it ran well at 75% settings. For more recent, powerful games, I'm assuming they'll run well at about 50%. That sounds bad, but the games are still great at 50%. I'd go with this, and when your budget allows, upgrade the GPU. For another comparison, I've done some video editing with this, and blows my 6GB dual-core laptop away. A 15-minute HD video takes more than 20-minutes to output on the laptop, and about 4 minutes with this PC. Not bad at all.
764935
Hi, Yes, it can be upgraded. 8GB max / PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3L, non-parity, two 204-pin SODIMM sockets It comes with: 11b/g/n, PCIe Half Mini Card, ThinkPad 11b/g/n, 1x1, Wi-Fi + Bluetooth combo adapter
899667
This laptop is certainly not intended for gaming although gaming is still possible. Experience may vary from one title to the next although in most situations it won't be sufficient enough. To answer your question, no it wouldn't be a good gaming computer though for everything else it should suffice.
575661
Most games rely mainly on processor power and seeing that this laptop has an AMD 2.7 GHz it should run most modern games at high (maybe not extreme) settings. Not to mention the turbo boost which activates automatically when needed. 4 GB of ram is the average amount needed to run most games today so it should be fine, however I personally recommend upgrading it to 8 GB when you get it. You can do this yourself or bring it to a computer shop.
844102
I can only tell you that I found this computer to be very slow. I don't know much about gaming, but I understand that games require "Fast" processors. I hope this helps.
225320
Yes---you can go up to 16GB in 2 slots but to upgrade the graphics you really would need to put in a more powerful power supply as well. Keep in mind it is a rather small motherboard, unless CyberpowerPC has changed it in the past 6 months . Here are the MB specs http://us.msi.com/product/mb/H81ME33.html#/?div=Basic It does nicely at gaming without changing anything, if that's what you want to use it for.
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While it has the performance to play most modern day games, it doesnt reach its peak capabilities due to the graphics card. If you are looking for gaming, its recommended to get a resolution of 1920x1080 and a graphics cards that is a Nvidia GeForce gtx model of the series rather than an nvidia geforce gt. Only problem is the cost will be. much higher, so if this is in your budget, this isn't a bad choice
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The laptop works pretty good for multimedia! for gaming its ok but it could be better! I haven't installed any of the good games yet, however I try regular games and like I said is ok. I think the RAM can be upgrade!