Acer Aspire 1691 WLMi with X700 64Mb Small review

Available In the UK possibly in other countries, different specs available Inc Graphics Cards.

Purchased July 05 UK £693.99 Inc VAT (although I got 10% off £623.99 )

Full Specification:

Processor Intel Pentium M 730 1.6 GHz
533 FSB Level 2 Cache 2Mb Dothan 0.09 1.3v

Super PI 1m Test - 44s



PCMark05 all tests Score 2546



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Graphics X700 64Mb PCI Express Video Bios Date 30/03/2005

Default Clocks 3D GPU 357.75 / Memory 344.25 – 688.50 DDR
Default Clocks 2D GPU 209.25 / Memory 182.25 – 364.50 DDR <Power Saving Clocks>



3D Mark 05 Optimal Performance & Default Drivers 1735 O/C GPU 400 / Memory 760 DDR 1798
3D Mark 03 Optimal Performance & Default Drivers 5631 O/C GPU 400 / Memory 760 DDR 6048
3D Mark 01 Optimal Performance & Default Drivers 16387 O/C GPU 400 / Memory 760 DDR 17320


AquaMark3 Default Settings
GFX Score 5,631
CPU Score 9,131
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AquaMark3 O/C GPU 400 / Memory 760 DDR
GFX Score 6,015
CPU Score 9,102
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Display Screen Size 15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT display
Native Resolution: 1280 – 800 Refresh Rate 60Hz 16:10 viewing ratio

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Memory: 512MB (2*256) DDR2 Dual Channel
DDR2 SDRAM 2 X 256 PC3200 (200 MHz) Dual Channel Hyundai Manufactured week 17 year 05
Speed Timings 3/3/3/8 1T FSB/DRAM 2:3

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Hard Drive 80GB Toshiba MK8025GAS 2.5" Notebook HDD - 4200rpm, ATA-100, 8MB Cache
Sisoft Sandra 2005 File system benchmark on NTFS Scores 25MB/s

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DVD Drive Slot Loading DVD-Dual RW - Double Layer:
Model No: MATSHITA UJ-845D



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10/100/1000Mbps Fast Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready
56K ITU V.92 Fax modem with PTT approval; Wake-on-Ring ready
Integrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection 802.11b/g dual band
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED solution
Acer SignalUp wireless technology support
3x USB 2.0
1x Infrared (FIR)
1x VGA for external monitor
1x PC Card slot (Type II)
1x S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port
1x IEEE 1394 port
1x Modem (RJ-11) jack
1x Ethernet (RJ-45) jack
Headphones/speaker/line-out port (with S/PDIF Support)
1x microphone/ line-in jack
1x DC-in jack for AC adapter
4-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)

Power supply and battery Li-ion - 8 cell battery type
ACPI power management supporting Standby and Hibernation modes
65 W Li-ion battery pack
3.5-hour battery life
1.5-hour rapid charge
3.5-hour charge-in-use
65 W AC adapter

Keyboard & Special Controls
88-/89-key keyboard; international language support; 2.5 mm (minimum) key travel
Touchpad with 4-way integrated scroll button
Four easy-launch buttons: Internet browser, email with LED, Acer E-manager key, and one user-programmable button
Wireless LAN LED-button

Pros
Overall an excellent mid level Laptop, it is more than capable in all areas DVD playback is excellent, the graphics card although only 64mb is adequate for most games. Very nice crystalbrite screen, but this may be to reflective for some users, which is down to personal taste. Battery Life is excellent; keys and scroll pad are very good. I would have to give this laptop 9 out of 10

Cons
Not many, Feels slightly heavy to me, maybe that is where people should consider the travelmate as an alternative, you do not receive a XP Home disk rather an image on recovery discs.

Will update and post some pics shortly, any further info just shout

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A little bit of overclocking up to 1.9 GHz Super PI 1m test Improved from 44’s to 38’s.



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Hi, the program used is SetFSB homepage http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/

I have only tried this program once as a quick test, until I have fully read up on changing the FSB on the fly I will Not be overclocking any further with this lappy / program.

I noticed that you can hold the PCI at 33 but the PCI-e continues to rise, need to read up more on this, the file is 4th from the bottom it is a Beta version and for Intel915PM - ICH6M (ICS954???BF) Acer Aspire 1691/1694WLMi

Hope the above is of some help. Dutch

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Hi, I wouldn’t say excessive heat is generated below the left palm rest, it can get warm though after being on a few hours, the underneath gets pretty hot around the cpu area regardless of cpu speed, If I get time later in the week I will try and post some surface temperature measurements.

Dutch


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Hi the Laptop was purchased from Comet UK here:

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/320_253499.html

The reason I got 10% off was they originally advertised it with a 128mb X700 when in fact it had only got a 64mb X700 they have since updated the website to the correct spec.

Hope the above helps

Dutch


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Quick Update on Overclocking:

Have finally managed to install the latest CAT 5.8 drivers what an improvement


3D Mark05 Optimal Performance & CAT drivers 5.8 O/C GPU 405 / Memory 770 DDR / CPU @ 1.9GHz

Score 2166 Not to shabby for a 64mb X700



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AquaMark3 CAT drivers 5.8 O/C GPU 405 / Memory 770 DDR / CPU @ 1.9GHz

GFX Score 6,537
CPU Score 10,881
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Super PI 1m Test – down to 38’s clocked @ 1.9GHz



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