Beouwulf always get Acer notebook for free...

@Beouwulf: Perhaps Acer Malaysia also reading Lowyat.net forum and finally see the potential

Or may be they wanna dump off all TimelineX in preparation for new SB notebook...

Either way, I am so glad they bring it here (even though I already have one), this is a great notebook, especially for those who want mobile gaming feature, and the pricing is also attractive.

Just 1 concern, it is an i3 CPU, which has a throttling at 90C, as opposed to i5 with throttling at 105C. In my experience with the i5, it is possible to reach 89C in long and heavy gaming session... dont meant to scare of potential buyer (i hope 13" will do well in Malaysia too)... but it is just something that potential buyer should know...

cowithgun..how about driver update for 5650..did u update ??
http://www.acer.com.my/acer/service.do?Lan...&CRC=1818954022

woots~ ngam my time.. but, first batch is it good to buy? or worth to take the risk? I been monitoring this thread for quite a long time, alot of reviews and testings from 3820TG but so far no 4820TG.. So, 4820TG, or 3820TG?

[use for gaming now + autoCAD, 3Dmax in the future, 4820TG better?]

ya, i updated the driver from Acer and get a few more points in 3dmark06! read more about it here.

i don't reckon to update to ATI Catalyst 10.12 since it will break your brightness key control. u can still adjust it using Win+X key

*important note* dont ever uninstall Acer driver, or else you will lost switchable graphic capability. if you must install new catalyst, i reckon the following steps:

1. dont uninstall any Acer graphic driver, etc
2. just install the updated Acer graphic driver on top of it
3. reboot, go into BIOS, set Graphic to Discrete, boot to Windows
4. install Catalyst 10.12
5. reboot, go into BIOS, set Graphic back to Switchable

You will lost the ability to adjust brightness using Fn-arrow key. But there are people suggest that you can recover that by doing the following after those 5 steps above:

1. Go to control panel, uninstall ATI graphic, select Modify
2. Only remove CCC
3. Reinstall CCC from Acer driver

Some guys tested and reported to be working; Catalyst 10.12 and everything functional

I didn't do that, I am still using Acer updated driver from the web, it is good enough for me. Very stable and fast enough...

ok..sorry noob here..it mean..i just download that driver..n install..done ?

yup. sorry, dont mean to confuse you.

ok..thanks cowithgun..u always help..like sifu lee

Why is it so?
I thought 5650>6550 cause the class is higher?

As explained before...

Bump, can give opinion.

Just expect the worst?

Oh, okay seems like 5% improvement on this card right?
But why the naming is so confusing?
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Ask AMD

LOL, but the improvement on this card is 5% only right?
Which is better?
GT540m or Ati6550?

same class, but GT540m slightly better Rank

gt 540 better cos they update driver
6550 with 5650 not much different.. some part 5650 > 6550 and either way.. 6550 still better than 5650 cos newer version.. overall not much different card.. u hardly can c using eyes..

This post has been edited by ngkhanmein: Jan 6 2011, 05:10 PM

Just wondering, GT540m<GT335?
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForc...0M.41715.0.html
It is stated that GT335 is better about 23%, any1 clarify if I'm seeing wrongly.
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http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3100/gt540m.jpg

the 23% difference is only for 1 benchmark: Unigine Heaven 2.1. it is possible that newer driver can help solve the problem... quote from that page: The performance of the 540M lies between the Radeon HD 5650 and 5730 in our first benchmarks.

i'd say both 6550 and 540M about the same... u probably wont notice much difference in gaming. give or take 1 or 2 FPS? if u still insist in choosing one, i'd pick 540M since it has 96 shader cores, compare to 72 shader cores in 335M. while, 5650 to 6550 has nothing changed internally.

however, nvidia power consumption should be a little more at 35 watt compared to 6550 at 15-30 Watt for comparison HD 5650 is 15-19 Watt.

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Added on January 6, 2011, 6:13 pmdon't depend on it... the sound volume is really low...

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Jan 6 2011, 06:13 PM

tq for ur opinion cowithgun.

Acer Aspire 3810 9cell battery can use in 3820TG model?

ok finish download ati driver..if i install driver from acer..how about my brightness key control ?