tips to make a old decent laptop game faster?

[Dan]

heres the laptop we are talking about
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157896

Found it on the side of the road and all it needed was a NEW hdd.

specs:
Dual core phenom 2.9ghz
8gb ddr3 ram
640 7200rpm drive
1600x900
Switchable graphics card
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470.
Windows 7 home 64bit

Plays some games meh, but I wondered if anyone has tips/programs to help things? IE: disable aero and www.downloadmoreram.com these kinda things. I will be getting a SSD shortly to help with load times.

 

[FrEaKy]

meh

get the SSD, thats gonna make the biggest difference. A nice fresh windows install helps majorly as well...... Dont use crappy programs, just do basic stuff, disable aero, get rid of any bloatware.

 

[limitedaccess]

The only real hardware upgrade that will make a difference is basically the SSD.

Hopefully this doesn't go awry due to the opinions regarding UI design but Windows 8 is generally considered to run better on lower end hardware than Win 7. Although I wouldn't necessarily say the difference is worth the cost of a license upgrade. Otherwise, like said above, try to do a clean install.

The other thing would be also to check temperatures. Cooling system could need a cleaning and/or re-pasting.

 

[BladeVenom]

Play older games.

 

[alawadhi3000]

SSD.