how is CMO compare to AUO and LG screen?

@mudster: please let Hardware Monitor / GPU-z running while playing game, still hope to see Max Temp after 30 minutes of gaming. ^^ Got your previous post GPU around 60C, that's really cool. More temp posting please.

want to see a negative comment?

http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/laptop...nbb-nkrt-1389/4

and i google translate the temperature part:

"Throttling
However, only in the first runs, which are included in the standings. After about 5-6 Benchmark routines enters the throttling of the CPU, which lingers with a reduced clock to 1.2 GHz. Throttling is a prerequisite for the required Nvidia Geforce GT 540M. In reaching the CPU temperature of 90 ° C, the clock is reduced and released again until 65 ° C below. That will happen during prolonged usage not the cooling capacity is too weak despite lower power consumption. To use the full cycle again, you have to calculate / game to be interrupted. During the decelerating phase creates the Acer 4830TG in World in Conflict is only about 2 / 3 of the actual frame rate."

However, I will not believe if just 1 review, moreover, i didnt really know to what extend they stress test it. I am more confident if reading reviews from notebookcheck.net. This notebook is too new, I am still waiting for more reviews from owners as well...

But hey, that's just 1 area of the notebook, if you look at others, they are all positive.

Sure can. Use Rivatuner or NVIDIA System Tools. To 'become' 550m, simply push your core speed from 672MHz to 740MHz. Some 540m owner from here can reach a stable 800/1050. Try slowly push towards that, and watch out for the temperature! Run furmark or some benchmarking tools, watch out for artifacts...



This post has been edited by cowithgun: Apr 28 2011, 08:31 PM

it usually will go down if you ALT-TAB. most benchmarking tool also include its temperature, like the Furmark, so you dont need to ALT-TAB.

even if you have to ALT-TAB, just watch out for MAX temperature, which does not affected by temperature drop...

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Apr 28 2011, 09:01 PM

@kelvin_ng: your stock 3dmark06 at 1280x768 seem a bit low. Have you install new 270 driver?

55°C is high if idle. most likely because you have just stressed it and it take times to cool down. should be around 4X°C in idle, without cooler. GPU idle temp looks normal. I OC both my CPU and GPU to get 10388 in 3dmark06 at 1280x768.

That's OC temperature and being stressed with benchmarking tool right? It considerably better than 3830tg when being stressed (no OC):

- running Prime95, Aida64, furmark, max CPU=91°C, GPU=93°C

http://acer.it168.com/thread-1478960-1-1.html

At least you dont have throttling issues which was reported by notebookjournal on 4830tg and 5830tg.

WOW! the temperature is really nice. even OC and stressed for 1 hour: CPU 84°C, GPU 80°C. this beats all benchmarks i have seen! with these temp, i think you can keep the OC all the time, if u chose to do so....

keep those info coming, lots of people need to know...

just 'relax' when u see something like that on brochure / marketing slide.. (i mean dont take it too seriously). if they are serious, why the battery dont have 4 years warranty? anyway, i think the internal battery is really a more durable type, offering up to 1000 charge cycles, whereas normal lithium ion battery is around 300-500 charge cycles. the normal charge cycles only apply to 'normal' usage. when your notebook is under fire (i mean high temperature during gaming, etc), it will reduce it's capacity FOR SURE.

i still remember a damn insightful info sent by Altrafield (apparently he sells durable battery), even if u have 500 cycles, chances are, it will lost most of its capacity after 150-300 cycles, and I qoute:

"The data I collected base on battery send by my customers' original battery is normally 150-300 cycles."

Read more: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1634973/+140#entry38261614

On another news, Acer acknowledges throttling problem with (some?) of it's x830tg notebook:

http://translate.google.com/translate?lang...elung-nkst-3019

I recommend for your guys to test it out for yourself to see if you are affected. Apparently, it will only throttle if you push both the CPU and GPU. May be you can try run Furmak + Prime95 for 15 minutes, check its temperature and CPU speed using HWMonitor...

This post has been edited by cowithgun: May 4 2011, 08:32 AM

nice photos... it actually look better than the real stuff.

i m sure the blue in the notebook does not look that deep the last i saw it.

i see... a messy table. why wrap your table with paper box?

hmm, here is something i dont understand... 4830tg is lighter than 4820tg...

but 3830tg is heavier than 3820tg ... ok, not much, may be just 60 grams or something...

so far, really dont like what i see with what they have done with the successor of 3820tg

finally, a review from notebookcheck.com on the new TimelineX. it's on the 5830tg:

http://www.notebookcheck.com/Test-Acer-Asp...ok.52430.0.html

They also discovered 'immature' throttling issue; it starts to throttle when you push both CPU and GPU.

maybe the heatsink is better, thus heavier? duno anyway, all those i post and say is an opinion from someone who dont actually have the machine. so, it carry little weight... let's wait and see feedback from owners.

no need to doubt it, they are NOT reliable. just an indication. that is why u need to calibrate your battery from time to time...

http://batterycare.net/en/guide.html

chances are, price will remain, but with newer CPU such as i5-2420 and so forth...

Lack of proper forum to discuss this, I am posting it here:

Finally a review on 3830tg from NotebookCheck.net:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-A...ok.54641.0.html

Interesting qoute:

"What surprises us

How can a notebook whose selling point is clearly its performance get past beta-testing and make it onto the market with such a handicap to it's speed. "

I am wondering why there is no max temperature CPU and GPU in that article...

This post has been edited by cowithgun: May 31 2011, 07:54 PM

it could be trick to make it 'display' 8GB, but you will not be able to utilize 8gb. if tweaking registry can use all 8gb, the whole world has been just cheated with all new reign of 64 bit OS.

that's a real teaser...

RM1999 is a steal! its even cheaper than the 3820TG which i brought at RM2100 (recently). as much as i dont like 3830tg (single fan only), at this price, this is a good buy...