Acer Aspire 5720, video, cpu and ram questions

[ferdasyn]

I see, thanx again for such valueable informations you share, so the inverter is adequate as long as the replacement for display wil be either a LP154WU1-TLC1 or a LP154WU1-TLA2. I guess these two are the only ones that will work as an upgrade to have a 1920x1200 display on an Acer 5720G, no other part numbers will work? I checked on ebay and i've found various LP154WU1, most of them diferent than TLC1 and TLA2.
Anyway, that's the last upgrade that will be done, still plenty of time to get informations about displays.
All the best of luck in everything Netroller and a virtual beer from me
Cheers

[.NetRolller 3D]

Actually, any LP154WU1, LTN154U1 or LTN154U2 will work (and some others), but -TLC1 and -TLA2 will give you the best image. Other LP154WU1 variants tend to have lower brightness, contrast ratio, or both; LTN154U1/U2 has a response time of 25ms, or for some variants, 35ms.
(LP154WU1-TLC2 and -TLA1 have 16ms response time, 500:1 contrast, and 210+ cd/m2 brightness.)

The inverter is usually not an issue.

[ferdasyn]

Thanx Net Roller.
I've found for this notebook a video adapter which I think it's suitable. It is a GT9650M 1GB ram( i don;t know if the memory on the card is ddr2 or ddr3) and I'm wondering which driver version could work with this 5720Z. I've seen that someone used same type of adapter with 5720Z but in Windows 7. I need to find a suitable driver for win Xp (if there is any).
If you are aware of a win xp(x86) driver that might work for a GT9650M please tell me. I downloaded all the rest of the drivers for win xp, the only one left that I need to find is for that video adapter.
Anyway, the adapter wasn't purchased yet, its price is about 100 euro and i was wondering if you think that it is a good deal, or if there is a better option for the same amount of money.
Thank you very much for such great amount of useful tips and informations, I'll bear in mind that only 2 display part numbers/models that are worth to upgrade are the ones you've told me about are the ones you mentioned since the very beginning.
Cheers

[.NetRolller 3D]

The card is DDR2, which means, it'll be rather slow. A 9600M GT DDR3 is a HUGE lot faster. I'd say get a 9600M GT or an FX 770M, with DDR3 memory - you will be glad you did.

If you still end up purchasing the 9650M, then the right video drivers are the ones for Asus Z97V - the 9650M is the Z97V's factory card.

[ferdasyn]

Thank you Net Roller, untill now that's the best suitable adapter I could find in Romania. I'll try to keep on searching if you say that it is not worth the money, the the guy who sells the adapter has 9 pieces of 9650GT, but no other types available. All th other adapters that I've found so far are lower entry level models.
Thanx again

[ferdasyn]

I've found some 9600M GT ddr3 on sale on a lithuanian store on e bay.
Could you please tell me which part number will work?
The first has this part number: G96-630-A1 VG.9PG06.006
The other just VG.9PG06.006, i guess it is the same card with the description truncated. Both are on sale by the same store The first is listed at 158$ while the other is at 126$.
Thanx in advance NetRoller , I think that 9600GT is the best option I could go so far,I couldn't find anything better than that and of course reasonably priced.
Ahh and one more thing: what type of detonator will work for win xp 32?
Cheers!

[.NetRolller 3D]

They should be the same.

No driver identifying itself as "Detonator" will ever support a 9600M GT (or a 8600M GT for that matter); "Detonator" was used back in the "Riva TNT" era.

You can find working drivers for XP on laptopvideo2go.com

(However, why do you insist on strangling the machine with XP? 7 does a much better job at power management on modern laptops.)

[ferdasyn]

I see, well I used "detonator" as a general term for nvidia drivers hehe, I hope you will forgive me about that

The notebook belongs to a friend of mine who works as a dental technician, actually the notebook belongs to the national association of the dental technicians in Romania(OTDR) and he simply cannot install win 7 as the notebook was bought with windows vista, but since windows vista is crap and win 7 cannot be installed without legit license (they don't have money to spend for 41 Win7 licenses - for all 41 laptops in all counties in Romania) he will either have to stick with Vista or with win XP (he already owns a win XP license from o previous computer, license that is still eligible to be used).

So any driver from laptopvideo2go.com will work? For example the latest available for win xp 32 bit is 295.51. I downloaded this one.
Thank you so much for your help

P.S. the power management is not relevant here the notebook is always used indoor with its AC adapter, the power draw is irrelevant as it never runs out of "juice" hehe, the key is to use as less resources as possible and to offer the best performance possible till the processor and ram upgrade will be performed. the video card was the big problem, because the machine cannot be used without.

Best regards Net Roller, I highly appreciate your valuable ideas and suggestions.

[ferdasyn]

The video card will be shipped tomorrow A local distributor asked me if a LP154WU2(TL)(A2) with two CCFL connectors will be of any good. I know it comes with two connectors and I guess it requires another inverter but they supply the inverter too along with the display. The question is whether it is compatible or not with the cable already purchased (from a 7720G). I guess LP154WU2 is newer than LP154WU1, but i have no clue if it comes with any improvements, maybe improvements in terms of brightness if it comes with two CCFL connectors If it is not compatible then a LP154WU1 TL A2 or TL C1.
Best regards

[.NetRolller 3D]

Actually, I'm not even sure that the LP154WU2-TLA2 is the same high-contrast display as the WU1-TLA2. It could also be similar to the LP154WU1-TLB1, with its 180 cd/m2 brightness, and 200:1 contrast ratio (as opposed to 220 cd/m2 and 600:1 for the WU1-TLA2). The WU2's suffixes likely don't map exactly to the WU1's ones.