Upgrading Graphics Card on ACER laptop

Firstly Id like to apologise for posting this in an Aspire One forum, I couldn't find a forum for my ACER model and am hoping someone here might be able to help me out

I have an ACER 4930G laptop, which came with a P9500 processor, 4GB RAM and an idependant NVIDIA GeForce9600M GS (256MB) graphics card.

I'd like to upgrade my graphics card to a GF9650 GT (1GB), or an equivalent card from ATI.

Does anyone know is it possible to upgrade the graphics card on my 4930G laptop?

Thanks in advance, and sorry again!

jonimo

 

Laptop graphics cards are usually integrated into the motherboard. I don't know specifically for this model...but the chances are minimal to none

 

Thinking on...might be an external option as below. Only works with amilo...might be a version somewhare for acer?

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/home/pro ... oster.html

 

if your laptop has the right connection (sorry i forgot which atm), you can use an external Graphics card. they have really powerful external ones now. but be prepared to pay a good dollar.

 

Most high performance laptop has pci express 16 thus is compatible with majority of the graphic cards (even desktop versions). All you need is to solve the power, heat, and dimension problem and you're all set.

 

haha if the desktop versions were compatible, the size wouldn't matter

 

Do you have any specific one in mind?? I would like to try put full size desktop graphic card to my AA1...

 

Try ATI hd 4870. :lol:

AAO doesn't have a mini pci-e 16x port, does it?
Get a pci-e 16 to mini pci-e 16 adapter, then get external powersupply. I see no reason why it would not work.

 

It seems as though it may be possible. However, I do not know that your laptop actually has a PCIe slot, but it should. Also, there would be size limitations as well as heatpipe issues for cooling. Also, price. It would not be a cheap upgrade.

Chances are your laptop does have a PCIe slot that you could put in a different graphics card. But, it has to be the mobile version. As you go up in graphics card speed/ramm, you also go up in size. Your laptop should have a heatpipe/heatsink for cooling the graphics card. Different cards may not work. You may only be able to go up just once step to say a 9400M based card. But again, the card is a little larger.

Here is the 9300M


Here is the 9400M


Here is the 9800M


So basic answer, is it possible, probably. Hardest part would be finding which one will fit. It does look like the next card up is larger so it may not even work though. And then there is the cost

 

How about a BroadCom BCM970010 BCM970012NB Mini PCI-e HD Decoder card.
Multistandard high-definition video decoder module supporting:
H.264/AVC HP at L4.1 1080i, 40 Mbps
SMPTE VC-1AP at L3 1080i, 40 Mbps
MPEG-2 MP@ML and MP@HL
720p, 1080i and 1080p support
HD DVD and Blu-ray™ disc playback on PCs
Protected media playback on PCs

 

Thanks a lot for all the advice!

I went back to the shop where I purchased the laptop from just to get some advice form there tech guy, he told me that even if I managed to remove the graphics card, the memory is interfaced with the motherboard..this confused me a lot as its an independant graphics card (GeForce 9600M GS 256MB).

The external graphics card seems like the best option at the moment, Id never heard of those before.

Sorry for asking the obvious, but what is an HD decoder card? Would that really help with graphics (3d games, video editing etc) ?

 

yes the memory is integrated. I thought i posted that but it seems that i did not. U could still upgrade but it would be as I said and only a model or two up. But the size and price would be an issue.

Why that guy posted about HD (High Definition) I do not know. He must sell them or something. It would do you absolutely no use.

What exactly are you trying to speed this up for? Have you lightened up your background programs? Do you know how to use msconfig? How many items do you have in the system tray? (over by the time, right side of task bar).

There are plenty of things to do to get your computer running faster. One other easy thing is installing more ram. Or, if your OS has been installed for longer then a year, back everything up and re-install . You would be amazed at how that speeds things up.

If you want, send me an e-mail and I can give you my toll-free number and I can walk you through things. I have the toll free number for Stained Glass and Handy Man work. But deep down, I gotta have a mouse in my hand and I would be happy to help. My email below is a pic so you have to write it down, this keeps spam out of my mailbox

BTW, is that u over at notebook forums too lmao, I just noticed that. And I guess I should have asked instead of assuming, male or female lol.

 

Just bought an ACER One notebook. The sole purpose of this is to use the Roxio Easy VHS to DVD to record from a video probe (Pipe Camera). The computer only allows me to go up to 1024 x 600, I have the color quality at 32-bit.

The error message from Roxio is as follows:

The current display settings do not meet the minimum requirements for this application. Please change the screen resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher, and the color quality to 16-bit or higher.

Is there a work around on this?

Marty

 

Marty, you cannot go any higher on the LCD of the AA1. the only work around for you would be to use an external monitor. It would not be that hard of a work around at all. You would simply be using the AA1 as a desktop in a way.

 

WOW u should have red my post about his dude. you can hack yor netbook with a different graphics card but your most likley fail nd destroy it.

 

link to this post? Sounds pretty interesting to me. I have a background doing SMD rework and would be interested to see what is involved.