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    My review of Acer 8204 and 8210

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by JeffK95Z, Dec 14, 2006.

  1. JeffK95Z

    JeffK95Z Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone,

    here are some notes on my previous 8204 and my new 8210.

    (Old 8204 review from 6 months ago: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=49111)

    I'll compare all the figures from both here to make it easy to view :)

    3dmark 2005
    8204: 3300 (stock build), 4358 (fresh format)
    8210: 4646 (stock build)

    8204 - CPU: Intel Core Duo 2000 MHz (12 x 167)
    8210 - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200, 2000 MHz (12 x 167)

    8204 - Video: 472 (core), 468 (clock)
    8210 - Video: 472 (core), 468 (clock)

    8204 - RAM: Nanya 1 GB DD2-667 DDR2 SDRAM x 2
    8210 - RAM: Nanya 1 GB PC2-5300 (333 MHZ) x 2

    8204 - LCD: Samsung LTN154P1-L02
    8210 - LCD: Samsung LTN154P1-L02

    8204 - HDD: udpate to follow
    8210 - HDD: Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00

    8204 - DVD: I didn't note this on my old 8204 :(
    8210 - DVD: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-850S

    8204 - CPU Temp: Idle mid 50's
    8210 - CPU Temp: 53 (Idle), 76 (full load during 3dmark05)

    8204 - HDD Temp: Idle mid 30's
    8210 - HDD Temp: Idle mid 30's

    more to follow!

    any questions or benchmarks to run, just ask!

    jeff
     
    JeffK95Z, Dec 14, 2006
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  2. JeffK95Z

    JeffK95Z Notebook Enthusiast

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    updated 3dmark scores and cpu temp's
     
    JeffK95Z, Dec 14, 2006
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    kabal Notebook Guru

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    Hi.
    Please tell something more about fan. Is it very loud when You listening music, browsing webs etc. ?
     
    kabal, Dec 14, 2006
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    orthorim Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an 8204 - the fan is always on but very quiet under normal load.

    Even when I do compiles which take 50% CPU the fans don't get very loud at all.

    It only gets loud when playing 3D games.
     
    orthorim, Dec 15, 2006
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    Zoomastigophora Notebook Evangelist

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    Yea, the fan really only kicks in for gaming, largely because the X1600 is firing off those electrons like mad :D
     
    Zoomastigophora, Dec 16, 2006
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    JeffK95Z Notebook Enthusiast

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    under light load, i never really hear the fan - much like the other guys said.

    I still havn't been using this laptop much at work, but I did manage to play a 1/2 hour of Fear Combat (@ high settings) and it played it quite nicely!!

    1 other thing i'm noticing with 8204 when i typed on the keyboard, I would hear a buzzing sound which from what I could tell, was fairly common.

    This buzzing is NOT heard on my new 8210 - which is nice! It never bothered me with the 8204, but it is nice that it isn't occuring with the new laptop.
     
    JeffK95Z, Dec 16, 2006
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  7. kabal

    kabal Notebook Guru

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    Thanks a lot guys :)
    In near future (january 2007 I fly to my brother to N.Y.) I plan buy notebook and I think exactly about Acer TravelMate 8210.

    What can You say about program NHC (Notebook Hardware Control) ? Is it working fine with this notebook? Did this program good regulates fan, processor speed and graphic card ?
     
    kabal, Dec 17, 2006
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  8. cy007

    cy007 Notebook Deity

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    Any improvements on screen quality? Heard the original 8200s were rather poor.
     
    cy007, Dec 17, 2006
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    JeffK95Z Notebook Enthusiast

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    I wouldn't go so far as to say the old screens were rather poor. But they are a matte style, so its not ultra shiny.

    Nor is it the brighest screen out there. But I had no problems with my old 8204 and definately don't see anything wrong with the 8210's screen.

    As for Notebook Hardware Control, i've been using it on both machines, and I love it!
     
    JeffK95Z, Dec 18, 2006
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  10. KateM

    KateM Notebook Enthusiast

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    If buzzing turn line volumn down.
     
    KateM, Jan 9, 2007
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