NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Acer Forums › Acer Notebook Reviews › Acer Aspire 1710 Review
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Acer Aspire 1710 Review - Page 8

post #141 of 1526
4/23/04 at 11:11am
Is the Bois update releated to the fans being on all the time too?

Maybe the fans need to be on, have you tested the temperature of the processor? Maybe because they are desktop components their hot all the time, hence the fan is on.

Why would you not want the harddrive to stay on all the time, don't desktops/notebooks regulate their hardrive spin downs?

Reply
Reply
post #142 of 1526
4/23/04 at 11:30am
Sorry,

I have discovered late that the cpu used in 1712 and 1714 is a Prescott, and I have readed that it is very very hot compared to Northwood.

I am thinking to buy the 3.4 Ghz and it is described like a cpu that in a full opened case of a desktop reach the 78 degrees Celsius in maximum load.

What the hell can happen using it inside the very little space of the Acer ??
And the fans will be 100 % maximum speed all the time the note is on ???

Can you tell me your cpu temp under idle and at 100 % of usage ?

Thanks !!!
Reply
Reply
post #143 of 1526
4/23/04 at 11:43am
48C for me idle. 55C after a 6-8 hrs of gaming. The one thing this beast doesn't have is heating issues.
Reply
Reply
post #144 of 1526
4/23/04 at 11:44am
Whats your Processor?
Reply
Reply
post #145 of 1526
4/23/04 at 12:14pm
3.0 Acer 1712
Reply
Reply
post #146 of 1526
4/23/04 at 12:16pm
3.06 you mean right. Which isn't Hyperthreading.
Reply
Reply
post #147 of 1526
4/23/04 at 12:34pm
man i don't know if i should buy one of these or get something more mobile and build a new desktop
it's got me stressed, im gonna get hemroids
Reply
Reply
post #148 of 1526
4/23/04 at 1:04pm
Yeah 3.06 and it IS hyperthreading. It's this model here:

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/def...spx?EDC=588828
Reply
Reply
post #149 of 1526
4/23/04 at 2:27pm
3.06 is not hyperthreading.
Reply
Reply
post #150 of 1526
4/23/04 at 3:17pm
The 3.06 is used in the 1700 and the 3.0 is used in the 1710

Looks like the 3.06 comes in versions with and without hyperthreading

http://www.intel.com/products/notebo...obilepentium4&
Reply
Reply
post #151 of 1526
4/23/04 at 3:30pm

I have the 3.0.

I have the 3.0. It is definately hyperthreading as it identifies dual processors. Model is the 1712smi.
Reply
Reply
post #152 of 1526
4/23/04 at 6:01pm
Acer 1712 pricing
is this the same video card the new AW's come with? the 5700go? thx
Reply
Reply
post #153 of 1526
4/23/04 at 6:36pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by kimbrcd
3.06 is not hyperthreading.
3.06 is Hyperthreading, just at 533 MHz
see "http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/processors/pentium4/index.htm?iid=ipp_browse+dsktopprocess_p4pht&"
Reply
Reply
post #154 of 1526
4/23/04 at 6:44pm
oh yeah thats right.
I have a zd7000 on the way, 3.06. sucks.
Reply
Reply
post #155 of 1526
4/23/04 at 7:08pm

how to get CPU temp

How to I get the CPU temp with the 1712? MBM does not work.

Marcus
Reply
Reply
post #156 of 1526
4/23/04 at 9:52pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ainKshuS
Acer 1712 pricing
is this the same video card the new AW's come with? the 5700go? thx
Same technology, I dunno if they're the exact same card to the point you could swap them though. I haven't seen the Alienware one. If anyone has you can compare the pics to the ones I took of the Acer removable card. I doubt they would be the same since laptops are pretty proprietary.
Reply
Reply
post #157 of 1526
4/24/04 at 2:34am

My NEW 1712 arrived

I got my NEW 1712 today. The one I'm returning has a dead pixel and our good friends at PCTorque exchanged it for me (thanks to Laura for handling this for me )

No dead pixels on this one so it looks like a keeper. I clocked the video card to 400/580 and ran a few benchmarks.

Aquamark -- 24,043
3Dmark 2001 -- 12,003

This one seems to run a bit hotter. From 55 to 65 celsius. I'm pretty sure it's the overclocking.

I'm in the process of installing what seems like 5000 applications at the moment. Man I really love this machine. Can't wait till they get this hard drive / BIOS issue worked out.
Reply
Reply
post #158 of 1526
4/26/04 at 10:59am
Played C&C G Zero Hour this weekend, glitchey at 1280x1024 ( fast seemes to be a driver issue) but the game is all but unplayable with the pausing. I must say that I have never seen the pausing do apparant as with this particular piece of software.

ransaak, You may have been right about why the drive is powering down, or rather why Acer set it to auto power down. I kept the drive alive while playing and downloading and after about an hour the drive was about 60C, it was hotter then the GPU. How Hot can a HD safely get ?

I was downloading and running a game which was accessing it so that would most likely be worst case (in a cool room).


Scott
Reply
Reply
post #159 of 1526
4/26/04 at 11:04am
It wasn't pausing while you were downloading I'm assuming? I thought about trying that myself. 60C is nothng to worry about at all. You still have about 20 more degrees celsius before you have to worry.
Reply
Reply
post #160 of 1526
4/26/04 at 11:31am
Nope no pausing at all while downloading. Works like a champ. Only think is you have to get something to download. I Go here :

http://www.usbhdtv.com/bbs/view.php?...&desc=asc&no=1

Nice 211 meg files, keep the dl going. Kinda sucks when you are using a wireless phone to do wh DL'ing ( I am going to get one hell of a bill this month ) but at least I can enjoy a game on the road...
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Acer Notebook Reviews
NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Acer Forums › Acer Notebook Reviews › Acer Aspire 1710 Review