Help with Modifying My Laptop...

[xiyrling]

To Start With...Specs:
Toshiba Satellite P35

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?seg=HHO&coid=-28641&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021

Processor & Chipset

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Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 552 supporting HT
Technology [3.46GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 533MHz Front Side Bus],

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ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® 9000 IGP

Memory

5

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512MB (Both slots may be occupied)

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256MB (Min) /2048MB (Max) PC2700 DDR333 SDRAM 2.5V
SODIMM Memory; configurable from 256MB to 2048MB.

Hard Drives

6:

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100GB (5400 RPM). Enhanced IDE (ATA-6) hard disk drive;
9.5mm height; user removable

Display

7

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17" diagonal widescreen TruBrite™ TFT active-matrix LCD
display at 1440x900 native resolution (WXGA)

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Maximum Brightness 200 Cd/m2

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Brightness Control

Graphics

8

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ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® 9000 IGP with 128MB DDR
shared memory

Sound

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Realtek ALC250

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16-bit stereo

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Built-in harman/kardon® stereo speakers

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3D Sound Support, Direct 3D Sound; DirectSound, MIDI
(playback), Direct Music

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Sound Volume Control Dial

Expandability

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2 Expansion memory slots (including Main Memory). Both slots
may be occupied.

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1 PC Card slot support 1 Type II, PCMCIA R2.01, PC Card16,
CardBus

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Bridge Media Adaptor (Secure Digital®, Memory Stick™,
Memory Stick Pro™, SmartMedia™, Multi Media Card, xDPicture

Communications

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Integrated V.92 modem9

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Realtek - 10/100Base-TX Ethernet

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Integrated Atheros® 802.11b/g wireless-LAN supporting Atheros
SuperG™ technology10

Ports

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RGB (monitor) port

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TV-Out port (S-Video)

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3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) port (v2.0)

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External Microphone jack

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Headphone jack

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RJ-45 LAN port

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RJ-11 modem port

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i.LINK™ IEEE 1394


Ok...I want the BF2 to run faster...my loading map takes longer than what I want and i run the graphics at low setting or med...(im not at my computer right now and i cant remember) I also want it just plain better and if anyone knows a website to totally customize a laptop (i.e. cosmetic enhancement...etc) thanks for any help...

[gsxr310]

Re: Help with Modifying My Laptop...

My buddy has the same laptop. First off, it's not really a gaming laptop. Secondly, you're going to have to update your video drivers (Use the Omega Drivers) because the game will not run on the factory drivers. Thirdly, to get faster map loads, upgrade your RAM for sure. Atleast get another 512MB and you'll tell the difference for sure. As far as videocards, I think he has the 9100 mobility... but it's pretty much the same as yours! Good Luck!

[gsxr310]

Re: Help with Modifying My Laptop...

Also, check out www.notebookforums.com

[xiyrling]

Re: Help with Modifying My Laptop...

My buddy has the same laptop. First off, it's not really a gaming laptop. Secondly, you're going to have to update your video drivers (Use the Omega Drivers) because the game will not run on the factory drivers. Thirdly, to get faster map loads, upgrade your RAM for sure. Atleast get another 512MB and you'll tell the difference for sure. As far as videocards, I think he has the 9100 mobility... but it's pretty much the same as yours! Good Luck!

alright...thanks dude

[AccessKnight]

Re: Help with Modifying My Laptop...

"ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® 9000 IGP with 128MB DDR
shared memory"

It's that IGP that's gonna cause you major problems. Integrated graphics processors suck for gaming. They have no VRAM of their own, they just borrow it from your existing slower DDR RAM. Theres absolutely no way to upgrade that, because it's physically soldered to your motherboard.

Your CPU, however, is outstanding, although some newer P4's have an extra 1MB of cache that really speeds some simple operations along.

512 RAM will hardly run newer games at all, especially since your IGP is already taking 128 of that and XP alone will hog 128-256.

Fact is, theres not many latops out there that can deal with these kinds of games. Mostly because you'd be trading so much portability and battery life for performance. (ie. 7,200RPM HD's instead of 5,4000. and AGP or PCI-E graphics cards in place of IGP's and GMA's) Not to mention they tend to cost in the high 2,000's. Don't be sad though, it's a good laptop, it just will never run BF2 that well.