Upgrading my Laptop

[Aidan134]

Is there any way I can upgrade my asus x502c laptop to make it play csgo better because I don't think I am able to spend $500 on a new gaming rig a this time.

 

[USAFRet]

Is there any way I can upgrade my asus x502c laptop to make it play csgo better because I don't think I am able to spend $500 on a new gaming rig a this time.

Since we have no idea of what is in your system....

Add RAM
Change the C drive to an SSD

That's about all you can probably change.

 

[Blastsail]

Is there any way I can upgrade my asus x502c laptop to make it play csgo better because I don't think I am able to spend $500 on a new gaming rig a this time.

As far as I can tell, your laptop uses your CPUs integrated graphics which only has 32mb of dedicated VRAM. This really isn't enough to play any semi-recent games.

But do not despair!

Although it may be expensive, you can purchase an external video card dock and an older video card.

However, CS:GO is not the most intensive game out there and you do not need a $500 gaming rig to run it, so you may be better off looking at finding second hand parts on craigslist to make a budget build.

 

[jaguarskx]

Nothing much you can do. If it only has 1 stick of RAM, then add a second stick of the same size (I assume it has a single stick of 4GB DDR3). With two RAM sticks the RAM will be operating at full speed rather than half speed. That could improve performance by around 10% - 15%.

Other than that there isn't anything to do to your laptop to improve game performance.

A SSD will not improve game performance unless the game is trying to load a lot of large graphic textures. It will only reduce lag assuming you are experiencing it while textures are being loaded into the game