Acer Aspire 6920G Gemstone Blue Review

Model: Acer Aspire 6920-6428

Screen: 16” HD 1366 x 768 Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD (220-nit) with 8 ms response time and 60% color gamut
Processor: 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 (667 MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache)
Hard Drive: WD 320GB SATA, 5400 RPM
Memory: 3GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
Optical Drive: 1X Blu-ray Disc™/DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
Ports and Slots: Built-in 6-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC/MMC Plus/MS/MS PRO/xD); ExpressCard™/54 slot; Four USB 2.0 ports; HDMI™ port with HDCP; CIR port; VGA port; RF-in jack; Headphone/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support; Microphone-in jack; Line-in jack; Gigabit Ethernet port; Modem port; DC-in jack
Audio: 2nd Generation Dolby Home Theater® audio enhancement, featuring Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Live, Dolby® Pro Logic® IIx, Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Natural Bass and Dolby® Sound Space Expander technologies; Two built-in speakers and one Acer Tuba CineBass booster; Acer PureZone technology with two built-in microphones; True5.1-channel surround sound output
Wireless: Intel 3945ABG (802.11 a/b/g), Bluetooth 2.0
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M GS with up to 1280 MB of TurboCache™ (512 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM)
Other: Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint solution; Kensington lock slot; BIOS user, supervisor and HDD passwords, webcam
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Dimensions: 385 mm x 275 mm x 39.3/43.6 mm / 15.13 x 10.81 x 1.55/1.71 inches (WxDxH)
Power: ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard; 71 W 4800 mAh 8-cell Li-ion battery; Acer QuicCharge™ technology; 3-pin 90 W adapter; Energy Star 4.0 compliant
Weight: 3.5 kg / 7.72 lbs.

Since this is my dad's, I didn't see it when he first got it. I live in Montreal and he lives in Toronto, but I am back for the long weekend and I have to teach him how to use all the features lol.

Build quality is excellent, keyboard has very little flex, and the side control is very responsive. The screen is glossy but there isn't much reflection. The screen doesn't tilt all the way back but the top and side views seems to give reasonably good viewing angles. The right side of the keyboard is a bit scrunched (yes, I need to learn how to take better pics) but this is normal in most laptops. Runs very cool so far and fairly quiet.

Haven't fully explored the Blu-Ray or webcam yet, but will update this review accordingly. The following benchmarks were taken on the system as preconfigured, I'm sure with a few minor optimizations, they could be better.

Balanced Power: 3 hours battery life, Power saver: 3.5 hours

3DMark06 Score: 3570 3DMarks
PCMark05 Score: 4387 PCMarks

 

we're waiting for you..go find your camera!!

 

thank you and can't wait to see your benchmark result.

 

waiting for a full review

 

sgogeta4

You should make FULL review and submit it to admins of site.
http://www.notebookreview.com/writeReview/

Hard disk is slower than should be. WD3200BEVT easily has average read over 50 MB/s.

 

sorry, been a bit busy, when I'm slowly adding to it when it's complete I'll send it over. I'll recheck HDTune though.

 

i got 4400 points at 3dmark06 with 9500M GS 475/950/400 @ 650/1300/475 (core/shaders/memory)


playing crysis 1280x720 all setting @ medium 20fps or more... using drivers 169.04...

overclock locked on this NB, overclock only works with driver 169.04 or flashing the bios



ps: with 169.04 you can't run blu-ray videos