Aspire 7551G-N934G50Mnkk Acer

Aspire 7551G: Acer's first notebook with AMD quad-core chip

That is, the solutions quadruple heart of AMD Phenom X4 II Notebook Acer landed in references.

In line with the Aspire 8943G, Acer launches another juggernaut in its G series, the Aspire 7551G. Point here, but Intel platform brand new AMD processor with a quadruple heart Laptop. Very simple externally, this Aspire his game he hide?

Acer follows the current trend and offers a bit more references running on AMD platforms entirely. If more mobile machines such as netbooks and ultraportables are stamped affordable AMD or AMD Vision Premium based on their components and their use (web surfing, watching HD movies, office for the former, plus multimedia heavier for the latter), the Aspire 7551G is proud of its designation AMD Vision Ultimate. This platform Danube officiating and which differs from Nile (Ultra version and netbook) at two points: the power and the number of CPU cores it contains, but graphics cards selected from the family of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000.

AMD Phenom X4 II Mobile fiery?

The processor is hiding under the shell imitation brushed aluminum machine is simply a Phenom X4 II N930. 2 GHz on each of its four cores, it uses 4GB of DDR3 memory but also on an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (1GB dedicated memory). From the integrated graphics on the motherboard, no trace here (unlike the HP Pavilion dv7-4055sf). Acer Aspire therefore considers that the 7551G does not intend to travel. And for good reason, with its 17.3 inches screen (ideal for office and movies), its weight of three kilograms, but also the endurance of one hour and twenty minutes of video playback, it is certain that the Paris- Marseille on the shoulder can not be considered really.

Question use, the processor is fairly docile and folds quite well to all the tasks you might want to make him run. The video encoding is possible, but remains a bit longer than many of Intel platforms. By cons, to sort photos or edit them, no problem, it works fine but lacked spark.

Things are heating up too much anyway

Unfortunately, the Aspire based Phenom X4 II is not spared by the PC through portable AMD: it heats up Do not take it on your lap while you do work hard, because we have identified areas to 52 ° C under the laptop. On top, the palm rest remains fairly temperate with a temperature of 35 ° C recorded under extreme loads. The consumption charge does not exceed 73 W, which is pretty good for a big machine like that (against 23 W in standby).

A bit player

With four cores under the hood and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (7 381 points in 3D Mark 06 default), the Aspire 7551G can lead to some occasional video game entertainment. But not in the native resolution of the screen (1600 x 900 pixels). It must descend into 1280 x 768 or 1366 x 768 pixels to gain power and playability up a little detail to give pleasure visually. Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft and others fully planks, like adventure games or strategy. Now, do not expect to run Crysis on so greedy or a stalker Call of Pripyat-bottom DirectX 11.

In addition, the keyboard Acer, relatively soft, lends itself well to games as its key short-stroke are not too far apart. But do not expect to play or enjoy movies other than headphones because the speaker and the audio system now do we really have not enchanted ears. It's passable, but nothing more.

The Aspire 7551G, in our test configuration, is sold 1043 $. Which is fair enough for a machine of that ilk. The value is good without being exceptional and the machine has not appeared winded at any time either during the tests. Acer makes some money by cons quite unfortunate as BlueTooth, but the Express Card slot. Finally, a small digital tuner would have been fashionable for the complete range of possibilities offered by this portable 17.3 inches. Be greedy.