Acer Aspire 8943G-6782
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Reviews for the Acer Aspire 8943G-6782
Source: PC Mag
Archive.org versionAnyone who is a fan of 18-inch laptop screens and quad-core processing knows that Acer is one of the few remaining companies that make media centers. While the Aspire AS8940-6865 ($1,399 street, ) wasn't much of a looker, it nabbed an Editors' Choice for being the most powerful and affordable in this space. Well, Acer is about to take its media center to a new level. The new Acer Aspire AS8943G-6782 ($1,600 street) features a slimmer profile and aluminum-like casing, so now you have the looks to go along with the 18.4-inch widescreen, an Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, and a whopping 8GB of RAM. But it'll cost you more, too.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/22/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Source: Mobilport
HU→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/07/2010
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850:
The HD 5850 is a slower clocked HD 5870 and is reliant on fast GDDR5 memory to perform in the high-end segment. It is based on the Desktop HD 5770 chip but with a lower clock speed.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
720QM: The Core i7-720QM is the slowes Core i7 Quad Core in 2009 and clocks between 1.6 and 2.8 GHz (due to the Turbo Mode). Therefore, it combines the advantages of a slow quad core CPU with a fast single core one. Compared to the faster Core i7 mobile CPUs, the 720QM only features 6MB L3 Cache.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
