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Acer 1692: great 15.4 gaming laptop for the $$$

post #1 of 8
6/23/05 at 3:25am
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I just wanted to share my initial impressions of my new acer 1692wlmi (price: 2100 NZD ~ 1500 USD) . I initially wanted the Acer 8103/4, but it was difficult to find in NZ/Australia and far more expensive than in the US (4000-5000 NZD), so I decided to get this model as it was cheaper than the 8104 and had most of the features I was looking for.

After reading about Meaker's and others' luck in overclocking the Acer 1690 series, I decided to try setfsb, and now have my 1.73 ghz running at 2.0 ghz (154 FSB) 100% stable (I could have pushed it further, but am happy with this for now...)

3d mark2005 @ 2ghz (ati 5.6/2.2 mob mod): 2617. (with x700 NOT overclocked)

I was surprised to see that this is as good as most of the 8103/8104 scores, so I'm pretty impressed, considering how much cheaper it is. Every game I have thrown at it has run beautifully and the cpu temp has not gone over 65C.

The crystalbrite screen is very nice, as is the general build. I would highly recommend this laptop to anyone wanting something similar to but cheaper than the 8103/4 series. Be advised that there are things it does not have compared to the 8103/4's:

4200 vs 5400 rpm, 256 in two slots (pain for upgrade), 1280x800 vs 1650 x 1080, no dvi,slightly larger, XP home vs XP Pro, shorter warranty
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post #2 of 8
7/31/05 at 5:16pm
hey i'm very confused between a acer aspire 1693 wlmi and dell inspiron 6000...want for uni but also for games...havce a relative in austrlai who will be getting it for me....which 1 wud u recommend??? and since u're in aus what do u think of this site and shop?? www.notebooks.co.au ....they're giving a very good deal on an aspire 1693.....what do u think???
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post #3 of 8
8/1/05 at 3:09am
hi joeblo111

Is this notebook running on a 4200rpm or 5400 rpm harddisk? Do you hear any loud sound and vibration at the DVD drive?

If I'm not wrong, the harddisk is on the right palm rest. Is it warm when you play games?
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post #4 of 8
8/1/05 at 6:10am
wanted to ask u about the warrenty also...this MLN shop is giving only 1 yr australian warrenty...i wanted an international warrenty of 3 yrs...is that possible?
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post #5 of 8
8/2/05 at 7:15am
How you manage to overclock? how did you unlock ya bios? i got me an Acer as well and wanna overclock.

Any help?
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post #6 of 8
8/4/05 at 3:34am
joeblo...plzz tell me where in australia you got urs from.....i'm planning to buy one from there as well...have a relative there....lookin at 1693wlmi from this shop MLN
www.notebooks.com.au ....dwould u recommend this or could u gimme the name or website of any other good shop in australia...melbourne where i can get it the cheapest
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post #7 of 8
8/6/05 at 6:15am
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Originally Posted by joeblo111
3d mark2005 @ 2ghz (ati 5.6/2.2 mob mod): 2617. (with x700 NOT overclocked)

I was surprised to see that this is as good as most of the 8103/8104 scores, so I'm pretty impressed, considering how much cheaper it is. Every game I have thrown at it has run beautifully and the cpu temp has not gone over 65C.
I should point out that your (New Zealand's) Acer 1692 is different from our Canadian one, which only has Intel GMA 900 integrated. The US doesn't even carry a 1690 series notebook with dedicated video (according to their website, anyways), and the Canadian site only shows a 1694WLMi (not 1692WLMi) with the Radeon X700 chip.

Anyways, all that being said, that looks like a pretty decent setup you've got there, although I'm surprised that you got such a high 3DMark 2005 score. Is that at the default settings? Here's what TomT got with his Acer 1694WMLi (should be about the same specs as you): See post #5

And the reason I care? A score of 2617 in 3DMark2005, stock, is getting a little too close for comfort with a mobility X700 to what I'd expect (~3000) from my i9300 that's on its way to me
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post #8 of 8
8/6/05 at 12:11pm
I got this lappy too and I think it´s nice.
Before I had the fat Dell Inspiron 9100. The difference is huge.

What CPU temps do you have?
I have around 46 ° C with 800 Mhz and 0,7 Vcore.
I have used AC Silver 5.

2 Ghz
2 GB RAM DDR2
60 GB 7200 rpm
X700 128 MB

btw my 100. post
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