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 Acer TimelineX 3820TG & 4820TG, Owners and visitors discussion

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TScowithgun
post Oct 20 2010, 04:08 AM, updated 13y ago

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My totally bias review

Spec:
i5-460M
13.3-inch display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels,
Switchable ATi Radeon HD 5650 graphics
4GB of DDR3 RAM
750GB of hard drive
Atheros Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (Can do 300mbit/s)
Bluetooth 3.0
3 x USB 2.0 ports
100/100/1000 Lan
Multi card reader
6-cell battery
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Battery life:
No wifi, light usage: 8 hours
Wifi, light browsing: 6 hours
Gaming: 2 hours max

Display:
I got an LG display! It looks nicer than my old XPS1330, Asus U35 and Latitude 13!
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CPU/GPU Performance:
The core i-5 460M running @ 2.53GHz and turbo boost @ 2.8GHz is fast enough for running a few OS in Vmware concurrently without a sweat. I feel further swiftness as compared to my XPS1330's T9300 which also running @2.5GHz. The ATI 5650 is REALLY powerful. I was running Street Fighter 4 @1366x768 max setting (with no AA), I got more than 9000 score, rank A. Running Starwars TFU running at 1360x768 with High Detail, the fan is not even at high speed. Running Starcraft 2 High setting @1366x768 has no lag at all (in fact, it's really smooth) even with 8 protoss carrier attacking.

My 3dmark06 score is 7562 and did not improve much after a fresh OS and Catalyst 10.8.

Keyboard:
If there is 1 thing I don't like about this notebook is the keyboard. The key is not firmly sit on they notebook. It's like you can move they key sideway a little with your finger. I like firm and steady keyboard. And I also hate the small directional key.

Portability:
At 1.8 kilos or (3.9 lbs), it is portable enough for me. It's slightly smaller and lighter than my XPS1330. When I put U35 and 3820TG side by side, 3820TG looks slimmer. tongue.gif However, it is not as light and slim as Latitude 13. If only Dell can pack this much power in Latitude 13.

Heat management:
This is what I like most about this notebook. Normal wifi browsing (flash, whatever) after an hour, CPU is around 40-48 Celsius. GPU is 45 Celsius. Gaming and under heavy load for a few hours, CPU max @87, GPU max @82. I can see temperature rapidly going down once game stop. The 2 fans working really really well.

Loudness:
This notebook is dead silence. During normal office usage, in my small room, I could hardly hear anything even when I am using it. The fan never produce any sound in normal browsing. It kicks in once or twice when I start installing Starwars TFU, copying GB data from USB and installing Starcraft 2 all at once.

You should be able to hear both fans working during gaming, but it is still way more quiet than any notebook I have known.

About the speaker, it is really soft, but I don't use internal speaker often.

Conclusion:
I am a picky person when it comes to notebook. I have a few things I really want from a portable notebook:

1. Powerful enough to play recent game
2. Small and light enough (13" and below)
3. Good battery life for work and gaming

Acer 3820TG meets all those requirements, and being really quiet and cool are added bonus. So, I took all the effort to get this specific model from Singapore. I did extensive checking on the unit (build quality, battery, keyboard flex, dead pixel, temperature, audio jack, hdmi, vga, network, hardisk etc) before I starting to remove all the sticker.

And if some of you still wondering between Asus and Acer, I'd say this Acer 3820TG 'feel' and 'look' better in term of quality compare to another Asus U35 which I just brought for my staff.

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Oct 20 2010, 10:19 PM
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post Oct 20 2010, 04:52 AM

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how about local pricing and the warranty.
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post Oct 20 2010, 08:02 AM

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QUOTE(zehtahs @ Oct 20 2010, 04:52 AM)
how about local pricing and the warranty.
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Kelv
post Oct 20 2010, 02:34 PM

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cowithgun, you finally got it. So envy.
How much you bought it from Singapore?
TScowithgun
post Oct 20 2010, 03:21 PM

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QUOTE(Kelv @ Oct 20 2010, 02:34 PM)
cowithgun, you finally got it. So envy.
How much you bought it from Singapore?
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got it last week, but have been busy. finally able to write something about it. Should be able to get it at RM3.4k, I paid a couple hundreds more for shipment. it's worth the $ since the new Asus U35 (Core i-5 460M) cost around RM3.2k too (4Gb ram), but the graphics is just G310M. The ATI5650 (3dmark06: 6526) is like 2 times faster than G310M (3dmark06: 3137).

well, this is the first Acer i ever own, so, i m not really an Acer fan. other than the keyboard, i m quite happy with unit. icon_rolleyes.gif

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post Oct 20 2010, 07:07 PM

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Black or silver lid? 66Whr battery? Going to upgrade to Momentus XT or SSD? laugh.gif
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post Oct 20 2010, 09:22 PM

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WOW make it a 3820tg / 4820tg thread , then i'll post pictures of my 4820tg here :whistle:
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post Oct 20 2010, 11:04 PM

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QUOTE(Beouwulf @ Oct 20 2010, 07:07 PM)
Black or silver lid? 66Whr battery? Going to upgrade to Momentus XT or SSD?  laugh.gif
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I got a silver lid.

CPUID hardware monitor reports Designed Capacity 64800 mWh. Suppose to be 67Whr right?

SSD should be my next target, but really need it to be more affordable. I can't live with 120GB...

Some report Momentus to eat more battery... I rather have more battery smile.gif

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post Oct 21 2010, 08:37 AM

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QUOTE(cowithgun @ Oct 20 2010, 03:21 PM)
got it last week, but have been busy. finally able to write something about it. Should be able to get it at RM3.4k, I paid a couple hundreds more for shipment. it's worth the $ since the new Asus U35 (Core i-5 460M) cost around RM3.2k too (4Gb ram), but the graphics is just G310M. The ATI5650 (3dmark06: 6526) is like 2 times faster than G310M (3dmark06: 3137).

well, this is the first Acer i ever own, so, i m not really an Acer fan. other than the keyboard, i m quite happy with unit. icon_rolleyes.gif
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u sure it's only 6526 3D Mark 06??? wat's ur settings?

i ve got roughly the same with my HD4650 @ 1280x768...

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post Oct 21 2010, 12:04 PM

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QUOTE(astria @ Oct 21 2010, 08:37 AM)
u sure it's only 6526 3D Mark 06??? wat's ur settings?

i ve got roughly the same with my HD4650 @ 1280x768...
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the 6526 score is from Notebookcheck site, which also has score for G310. they do benchmarking for all graphic card, i was just using it as benchmark.

my unit has 7.5k score. flex.gif
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post Oct 21 2010, 05:27 PM

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Okay... So here are my pic of my 4820tg... Sory for noob photography

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The Acer 4820TG 's Lid brows.gif

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The view of the 4820TG

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Specs

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Powered by Intel I5 , Windows 7 Home Premium and ATi Graphics HD 5650

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thickness of the 4820TG compare to 20 sen coins sweat.gif

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The Left Side of the 4820TG .

note: the white color thing is an air filter.. blush.gif
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The Right Side of the 4820TG



Thats all

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post Oct 21 2010, 05:32 PM

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@RayX,
please resize ur picture and u forgot to disclose ur win 7 cd key. doh.gif
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post Oct 21 2010, 06:48 PM

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how to resize?
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post Oct 21 2010, 08:54 PM

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@RayX

Your 4280TG comes with 2gb DDR3 ram?

I've searched through internet but the default memory should be 4GB 1033mhz DDR3?
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post Oct 21 2010, 09:06 PM

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I think thats for the foreign model mine is 2gb


Acer Aspire TimeLineX 4820TG-5462G64
i5-460M processor
(2.53ghz, turbo up to 2.8ghz)
640GB hdd, 2GB DDR3RAM
ATI HD 5650 WITH switchable graphic
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post Oct 21 2010, 09:40 PM

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the 4820tg model for malaysia comes with only 2GB ram. if you intend to upgrade the ram later by yourself (usually the shop assistant will ask if you want to upgrade), then probably you can choose the PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333) type.

for my laptop, it came with a 2GB Samsung DDR3-1333, so i bought a Kingston PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333). only rm100 for a 2GB ram, and the price seems to be dropping wink.gif. fyi, the ram can only run at 533MHz due to processor limitation (PC3-10600 max speed is 667MHz).

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post Oct 24 2010, 01:02 AM

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Playing Darksiders on my 3820tg;

Graphic is superb. Game is damn fun. I always like Devil May Cry 4 type of game. This game is great. Running at 1360x768.

Watch it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK249IitJpo

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Oct 24 2010, 02:22 AM
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post Oct 24 2010, 02:21 AM

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thanks lee for youtube trick tongue.gif

will post more video when i free rclxms.gif

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Did you installed battery care or battery bar? discharge rate under browsing/light usage?

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