Aspire 5920 & HD3650 crysis

Aspire 5920 replaced with ATi Mobility Radeon HD3650

Acer BIOS:
675MHz Core
750MHz Memory (downclocked to 700, it was overheating)
256MB GDDR3

Crysis Settings:

Resolution: 800x480
Texture: Min
Model Detail: Medium
Shadow: Medium
Everything else: Very High

No tweaks

just liked to show some Mobility HD3650 performance, hope it can help others who are looking for this MXM upgrade(the original card was 8600m GS)

Drivers for 5920G are all here:

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/downloads_gd.html

and my launch manager project can be found here:

http://morrisoft.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/aspire-5920g-launch-manager-patch/

GPU upgrade guide is here:

http://morrisoft.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/aspire-5920-gpu-swapupgrade/

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[ZlutyPanter]

800×480?! Must look awesome on 15" screen. Don't you wanna try lower gfx settings instead of this horrible res?

[theikandy]

@ZlutyPanter I prefer effects > resolution :D, plus, that is what most of the games runs on xbox, ps3, they rarely go 720p

I am using 5820TG now, and it has HD5650, runs crysis at the same setting at native resolution just fine =D

[ZlutyPanter]

@theikandy 1) 720 is not 480 :-D

2) Xbox and PS3 suck in comparison with PC

3) 720 on the TV doesn't look the same like lower res on your PC screen

4) 5650 is ok ;-)

[theikandy]

@ZlutyPanter

yes, 720 != 480, what i was saying is that if I connect it to my projector, it looks fine resolution wise and performs great even with a really high graphics effects.

HD5650 is ok, but awesome when at 650/1050mhz, slice through many video games above 30fps no problem!

[theikandy]

@pajlos149, i am sorry you cant. The intel version does not have the mxm slot

[theikandy]

@MovieModzz

5920 is discontinued, cheaper and superior models are all over the place. 5920 is heavy and encumbering. Go with other models if you can, I have upgraded to Aspire 5820TG with HD5650. way better machine other than no express card slot and the speakers are not as good as the 5920.

[pajlos149]

How the hell did you get ATI graphics i have the very same computer and i have an intergrated shit

[ZlutyPanter]

@theikandy Ok, maybe via projector it looks ok, but I don't believe it can look ok on the 15" screen. I had a notebook with Ati 3650 and native resolution 1440×900 and the lowest resolution that wasn't totally horrible, was 1280×720 (and black stripes up and down because of another aspect). To be honest, every lower res than native looks much much worse, but I can't really imagine I play in WVGA. I tried Mafia 2 demo and the resolution needed to play it smooth was 1024×600....and it looked bad

[virtualboom]

@MrSK6er how do you do this sorry bit of a newbie iam :)

[TheAKmatics]

@mulanfer

DDR3 is better of course. GDDR3 is even better.

[mulanfer]

hey, whats better, i have same laptot, with same graphic card, only that my G.C. has 512MB DDR2, and his G.C. has 256MB DDR3, whats better?