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    Acer Aspire 4741G with NVidia GT540M

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Petrov, Dec 7, 2010.

  1. Petrov

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    Petrov, Dec 7, 2010
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    razorjack Notebook Consultant

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    Ya thats sweet right their,really like that honey comb look.Now if they make that in a 17.3...................... :)
     
    razorjack, Dec 7, 2010
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    Arminator Notebook Evangelist

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    Nvidia GT 540M is only re-branded GT 435M with slightly higher clock...
    So nothing new when it comes to the hardware...

    Cheers
     
    Arminator, Dec 7, 2010
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  4. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    @Arminator- That's true but then again GT435M is/was pretty good so GT540M is not going to be sluggish for sure.
     
    downloads, Dec 7, 2010
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    MahmoudDewy Gaming Laptops Master Race!

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    I agree .... this lappy looks real nice if u ask me
     
    MahmoudDewy, Dec 7, 2010
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    Does anybody have an eta on the release of this notebook, preferably in the US?
    I know the 540M is basically a rebranded 400m series gpu but the only other acer i was considering getting is the 3820tg and i would have to import that and i don't believe id be able to do all of that!

    and id rather have the nvidia gpu with optimus support because optimus is better than ati's/amd's gpu switching solution.
     
    UnknownProjects, Dec 8, 2010
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    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    Yeah and imo from what I've seen so far ATI cards are less optimized in certain mainstream games compared to NVidia...for example Need for Speed Hot Pursuit - on max settings I was able to get constant 40~50 fps with a GT420M, but can only get ~25 fps with a 5650 which SHOULD be quite a bit faster. It's kinda disappointing that such great ATI cards are put to waste despite their better benchmarks.
     
    jerg, Dec 8, 2010
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    I'm just a little bit disappointed in the fact that they can have a newest of the new gpu and a bluray drive and still does not include usb 3.0!

    i was thinking about getting the new dell xps 15 but the price is to high atm.
     
    UnknownProjects, Dec 8, 2010
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    GT420M scores about the same as HD5650 on high settings with 4xAA- it's about 28fps. If you say you've had 40-50fps you had to have different settings.
     
    downloads, Dec 9, 2010
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