Pentium Dual Core T4200 2.0ghz, 800mhz fsb, 1mb cache
4 gb 667 ddr2 ram originally from Acer
250gb hdd
Ati hd3470 256mb 600mhz core | 500mhz memory
bluetooth
wifi
14.1 " lcd






Rm 2199 unbelievable !! 3 years international warranty !!
QUITE POWER although with Pentium Dual Core system..
L4D max resolution, off AA smooth silky, nfs carbon high detail 1024 x 768 smooth silky
Haven try crysis, i think will be around 30fps for low detail off aa
Impressive performance, more than what i expected.
BUT i hate its design, quite ugly
Grab it before it is too late! I heard it is limited unit. Not sure

This post has been edited by Cloud9Nos3: Mar 21 2009, 01:21 AM

i would say its a good buy. comparable with the cq40 with amd+ati.

yep

Goodness, Acers nowadays are getting friggin cheap.. How's the build quality on this one? The laptop cover is similar to those of the 69XXG series in terms of the material and design right?

If without ATi 3470 is selling around RM1800. Quite good price.

nope , 69xx far far better. This model design uglier than 4530 Look thick and bulky.

nice3! got ori windows sumore rite?

the 4gig ram, 3 years warranty for the price of RM2199
is quite tempting....

if only it use Core 2 Duo processor it would be a nice package...

i cannot find this laptop in acer.com.my....

home premium

this is pcfair model.
compare to 4935G model juz 3.3 sumthing rating in vista.
but this model rating is 4.0 in vista.

Their web site navigation is the worse. Web site not their selling point.

Ati 3470? how does the battery performs?
i assume u need to underclock the gc if wanna take it on the road

anyway, ur fren got a good buy!

He work at a pc shop that was why he got it once this stock enter.

This post has been edited by Cloud9Nos3: Mar 21 2009, 06:21 PM

will the combination of dual-core pentium + ati radeon 3470 can deliver superior graphics?

yes it will

not superior lar i think.
but can support all latest games maybe
my 3450 also perform quite well.
this 3470 has faster clock speed so should be better..

goodness gracious me! i must grab it!

would it be available during pc fair 2009?

maybe

I just saw this laptop at Jusco Kinta Parade.

ipoh?

Yes, Ipoh. Next to Exclusive Telecommunications shop. And the price is RM2,199.

yaya , my friend bought at that price too.
at sitiawan.

Is this laptop new? When it's launched?

Home Premium 64-bit?

just drop by to digital mall jus nw, ya, tis model 2199, extended warranty 3 yrs...good deal with tis spec...its stated vista home premium, i think should be 32 bit

is it limited edition?

yeah, 32-bit, and extended 3 years local warranty, 1st year is international warranty

recently i think , best buck for everyone!

Is advertised in today STAR newspaper.

So, the bottom line is , if I were to get a labtop today/this week, this model is the one hands down?

Just got home with it. Sitting right in front of me now. Haven't tried any games with it yet. Might install Last Remnant later and see how it runs. So far it's fine. However sheetsta is a pos. Might wipe it later and install Ubuntu or XP SP3.

Vista Rating = 4.0

CPU - 4.9
RAM - 5.1
GPU - 4.0
GPU Gaming - 4.1
HDD - 5.4

This post has been edited by ffrulz: Mar 24 2009, 04:55 PM

Bro, please let me know after you run the test of The Last Remnant, see how is the performance, thank you!

just saw this laptop at kuantan....
but the price is RM2299...dunno what freebies will u get....

anyone can give a review about this laptop performance in gaming?

saw it in the star, free upgrade to 4gb ram, 3 yrs warranty Rm2199

Afraid I don't have time to do in-depth research in various laptop. Is this the best price/performance laptop in the market right now?

Right, day one experience with the notebook personal opinion.

It comes with Vista Home Premium. So far the Pentium DC isn't a letdown for desktop use. Although the empowering technology app stopped responding when I pressed the e button once but after ending the task and relaunching, it didn't do that anymore. Probably Vista's fault.

Vista score on top as you can see. It ships with SP1 pre-installed. The first thing I did when I powered it on was removed the junks off the machine, namely Google Desktop, some fish chat app that I forgot the name, mc afree trial anti virus etc, you get the idea.

Installed CoreAVC and tried Afro Samurai BD played with MPC and the CPU was hovering around the mid 20s without hardware acceleration.

It also comes with a 60days trial of MS Office 07. I wiped that off and installed a full version.

Checked for updates after that and it showed an estimate of 435MB~ to download (this includes Office 07 SP1)



Aesthetic wise I have a few complaints.

1.) Only has 2 USB ports which are located on the left hand side of the machine. Most people are right handed thus you have to drag your USB cable for your mice around the back of the machine if you get what I mean. I find it annoying but not really a major downside.

2.) Card reader located on the front of the machine towards the left side. Dummy card bulges out a little bit and sometimes it take quite a few tries to get it back in the slot after you pull it out. Again, not a major downside but annoying nonetheless.

Other than these two, everything is in place.


Temperature wise I can say that after 6 hours, the machine is warm but not unbearable to rest it on your lap. Thanks to the CPU mainly I guess.

I'll get to gaming performance tomorrow as now my mother is using it since it was bought for her to use not me.

hehehe...i own this lappy. imo, not bad for it price. just less than 6 hours old.

hmm.... will it be able to play latest games?

Devil May Cry 4
Call of Duty 4
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Prince of Persia (2008)

Is the GPU HD3470 that good?

lol...this laptop is not for gaming. just an entry level laptop with basic gpu for mild n light games

hrmm....considering buying these.....but is Acer's after sale service good? in term of warranty, is it hard to claim?

no.. maybe takes some working days. but this lappy really worth. i recommended it to every of my friend hehe buy it without hesitate...!

1. how many USB on this laptop
2. does the "ACER" word on the lid got light when turn on?
3. the speaker ok? does it have cracking sound when turn to max?

i wondering if the combination of pentium dual-core + ati radeon 3470 should be a perfect match for gaming performance, especially the high demanding ones e.g. call of duty 4, call of duty 5, devil may cry 4, command & conquer red alert 3, left 4 dead, dead space, prince of persia and other kinds of games available in market. i'm also wondering if the new acer aspire 4730gz should able to handle this high demanding games in market. is anyone trying this laptop before, please comment and share, who knows i would like to bought it one soon (hey hey hey...)

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Added on March 26, 2009, 3:52 pmand before i forgot, i'm also wonder if the acer aspire 4730gz is also a perfect laptop for such multi-tasking, entertainment and assignment purposes.

This post has been edited by deentk_1987: Mar 26 2009, 03:52 PM

Today I actually brought RM2200 to Low Yat Plaza and hoping the sales personals there can convince me that 4730ZG is the laptop to buy right now. Some of those sales people didn't even know 4730ZG existed and some still pricing them at RM2399/RM2299 saying 'promo price'. I have to educate them somemore about 4730ZG. I have no confidence buying from those guys at all or even listen to their recommendation, they are suppose to know more about laptops than me.

Saw one sales person promoting Aspire 4530 (i think) at RM1999. AMD Turion 2.2, 3G RAM, 3 years warranty. It was listed RM2099 with 1GB and 1 year warranty. Afraid that I'll be taken a ride by those half cooked sales staff, I went home instead and do my own research.

There's a few shops that offer below the RSP of RM2199 and some throw in freebies, so I'll be heading back to Low Yat this weekend, bringing along an IT friend.

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Added on March 26, 2009, 4:26 pm1. 2 USB slot as I see it. On the left hand side.
2. I don't recall that.
3. Didn't test.

This post has been edited by ashburn98: Mar 26 2009, 04:26 PM

one additional question:
is pentium dual-core similar to amd turion 64 x2???

Last Remnant won't run well with this machine sad to say.

Medium settings all with Shadows to Low = 20fps
Low settings with Shadows turned off = 17fps.

Either the CPU is bottlenecked to hell or the infamous Ati performance on this game is that bad.

Acer logo on the lid will not light up.

quite

if i have extra cash , i will buy this for my brother

more worth than buying a 4530

Bro, do you get the frame rate correct? Low settings with shadows turned off should perform better.

I'm thinking to take this model to sell to LYN members? Is anyone interested?

Yep, this is in-battle performance. around 3 fps boost would either mean its severely CPU bottlenecked or the game really runs terribly on Ati cards.

I have a desktop with a 4850 and with shadows turned high would give 12fps in battles and shadows turned to low would give 75 fps or so. But this doesn't show on the notebook so I would lean towards the CPU bottle neck part.

Oh and it was running on native fullscreen which was 1280x800 IIRC.

This post has been edited by ffrulz: Mar 26 2009, 06:30 PM

I brought money to Low Yat Plaza today, but haven't bought yet. You still have chance. I'll be going back to LYP this weekend.

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Added on March 26, 2009, 6:31 pmThat means the fps reads like this:
Medium settings all with Shadows to Low = 17fps
Low settings with Shadows turned off = 20fps.

Since the thoery now is CPU bottlenecking, do you/anyone have a software than can measure the CPU performance independent of the GPU?

This post has been edited by ashburn98: Mar 26 2009, 06:31 PM

You mean SuperPI or Vantage?

Ashburn, you got my PM.

You can use PC Mark Vantage, Super Pi and WPrime95 to determine the performance of the CPU.

wow so fast someone stocking this model ady ^^
if i got fren buying , i will recommend to you ya ^^

Thanks ya. Just doing LYN members a favor so that you guys can just wait for the notebook at doorstep.

Yoohoo~ Selling 4730ZG~ http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=977657

Superpi 1M - 30 seconds.

Last Remnant - All low with shadows turned off @ 800x480 Windowed.














This post has been edited by ffrulz: Mar 27 2009, 02:49 PM

looks great

what about the temperature and battery life???
im considering buying this during pc fair...

I think it's about 2.5-3 hours as usual. Do expect that the HD3470 may draw more power than integrated graphic card.

so all and all...
izzit worth buying it?? for that price range??

I saw the actual unit today. Looks and feels solid. My only gripe would be the 2 USB ports on the left hand side. Only having 2 ports would mean one for mouse and one more for external hardisk. This means if I had a pendrive, GG liao

But the 3 year warranty, original windows and 4gb ram would be the winning points.

worth la

That's when USB hub comes into handy.

okay one more thing...
i wonder if this thing got bluetooth or not...
6-cell Li-Ion Battery Pack or not???

This post has been edited by mamet: Mar 28 2009, 08:03 PM

Yes it does.

Yes, it's 6-cell Lithium-ion battery.

Hi,i'm a newbie. I don't know much bout laptop. I really wanna buy this model bcoz it's really value for money,but heard many people said don't buy ACer branded notebook for a peace of mind. Can anyone here who used this model or is currently using it tell me whether is it good in terms of quality n durability? Thx a lot for ur help

Last time , i think like this too. But after i using acer 4530 and acer 6920, i noticed acer having minor quality problem but for its hardward . No problem , just quality on housing. So don worry.

I wonder when will Acer get away with this bad image. Haha..

i just bought this acer 4730z for RM1799 last 2 weeks.. dos version of course..back at home, i install win xp...

and i notice when i try to use the blue tooth seems that this model does not have bluetooth device install in it...

however when i check the installation cd by acer, it got this blutth driver but only runned on vista platform..

can anyone recommend is this unit actualy hv this blutoth or not? if got how can i have the driver runnign on xp?

Thx a lot Gonna buy it tonite.

Yes it does have bluetooth but as for the drivers, I think you can take a look at Acer's site and try.

no problem , bought it? i am eager to know your comment about this baby.

as i remember, got the version of this acer that has HD3470 Crossfire.
not so bad, crossfire for entry notebook.

anyway i always wish to own a 6935 or 8930 like you, but ended up getting 5930 last year. the design is so sucks compared to the 6935 and 8930. no choice la, last year price difference alot and the HD screen... becomes a drawback if i get the hd.

Does the laptop comes bundled with bag?

the problem is when i email to acer, they said this model with my serial number does not come with BT....

the following is their reply to my inquiry

"Hi xxxxxx,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

From your serial number, the description is as below:

AS4730Z-421G16MN,T4200,1 *1GB,160G,6L,CM,CR,LINUX

Your computer comes originally with Linux version from our factory. The "e" button is actually known as empowering technology and that button can be used with Acer incorporated OEM windows only.

As from the description above, it shows that your notebook does not come with bluetooth device.

For more information, do feel free to contact us at 1800-88-1918.

Thanks and regards,
Timmy Ting
Highpoint Service Network
Tel : 03 80266226 Fax : 03 80245100"

rasa rugi ooo bought this laptop without BT

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Added on March 30, 2009, 9:12 amyep..this laptp come with briefcase bag...not so stylish..

This post has been edited by aquaria87: Mar 30 2009, 09:12 AM

Haha Timmy Ting , nice name must be female

by the way, how can we check ourself if this laptp had the BT device install?

I never checked out the serial number on the machine that's with me but yours might seem to tell that its a 4937Z and not a 4937ZG right?

Just got this lappy from PC3 at Low Yat plaza...
The RM2199 package comes with:-
Bag, Headset, Locker, USB hub & mouse.
If you don't need the item mentioned above then got discount Rm50.
Among the freebies only the bag and usb hub comes in handy. Just done my back up disc. Overall i am quite satisfied with the lappy only thing is the usb port, you definitely need the usb hub

Congratulate , hope you enjoy it.
Ever test it with any game? ^^

which shop in particular did you get it from?

oh and btw, i'm a newbie at laptops too, and a friend told me that he doesnt really trust lowyat stores because you never know how haphazardly they handle the merchandise.

how true is that?

i'm newbies. If compare wif Acer aspire 4935-642g25, which 1 better.

4935G is definitely better by having Intel Core2 Duo P8400 and nVidia 9300M GS.

actually the modelacer aspire 4935-"642g25", features
Acer Aspire 4935

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.13GHz, 2MB Cache, 800MHz FSB)

Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset with integrated 3D graphics, featuring
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (Intel® GMA 4500MHD) with up to
1,759MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0 (64MB of dedicated
system memory, up to 1,695MB of shared system memory), supporting Microsoft®
DirectX® 10

Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100/5300 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N)
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting
Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™2 wireless technology

14" HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal
LED-backlit TFT LCD, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer
GridVista, 16:9 aspect ratio

[B]250GB HDD

2GB DDR2 RAM Memory (upgradeable to 4GB)

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Added on March 31, 2009, 7:11 pmif with windows vista home, price:rm2399.
is it nore worth to choose this model, instead of 4730zg???
do u thk in pcfair, price will go down some more??


This post has been edited by NEWBIES YF: Mar 31 2009, 07:11 PM

can i play devil may cry 4 and prince of persia (2008)
on aspire 4730zg?

and acer's quality is it really very worrying!??

i own a different laptop with same GC which is 3470 but with a slightly better processor t5800. With around 1000x700 reso+ mid setting(depend on the game) i manage to play Assassin Creed, L4D, COD4 and DMC 4 with around 30 fps which is fully playable. I guess this acer should be able to perform almost same as mine, unless the processor bottleneck its performance.

This post has been edited by blackmarket: Mar 31 2009, 07:39 PM

I'm stucked at choosing this and Compaq CQ40, price is almost the same

CQ40
AMD Turion X2 2.2Ghz
1GB RAM (custom upgrade to 4GB)
ATI Radeon 3200 256MB dedicated RAM

CQ40 v2 (priced about RM300 more)
same as above except 350GB HDD, ATI 3450 512MB dedicated RAM.

The sales person all said that Turion x2 is more powerful than Pentium.

Which is a better buy? Acer or Compaq?

Sorry about it. I didn't notice the spec numbers behind the model. Well, in terms of graphic performance HD3470 pawns X4500MHD for sure. However, T6400 is a bit better than T4200. I can only find the benchmark of T6400 but not T4200 at http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Proces...ist.2436.0.html. Well, you should try google.

4730z or 4530 better?

If you are asking which one is more worth, you have to let us know your purpose of buying the laptop first. If your main usage is to play game, then the laptop u mention is not for gaming. Regardless of the how great the the T6400 to you, intel GMA wont perform well in gaming.

if you were to compare this model with the older 4920G with 2500/2400XT.
the previous model is more powerful. Both processors and graphic performance.

4730ZG performs better.