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$1850 vs. $1850: Benchmarks

In order to give you an idea of what you can expect for a certain price, we compared the Acer Aspire 6920G-814G32BN, which is available through online shops for about $1850, with a desktop system of the same price. The results are not surprising, but they can serve as a guideline if you are still unsure of which system is right for you.

CPUMotherboardRAMHard Disk DriveBD-ROMWirelessScreenGraphics CardSound CardPower Supply

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Platform
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (45 nm; 2100 MHz, 3 MB L2 Cache)
Mobile Intel PM965 Express Chipset
2x 2048 MB DDR2-667 SDRAM
Western Digital WD3200BEVT320 GB, 5,400 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA2/300
Blu-ray Disc Drive with DVD-SuperMultiBD-R/-RE/-ROM/DVD+-RW/+R DL/RAM
Intel 4965AGN WLAN (802.11a/g/n) Mini-card
16″ Widescreen WXGA LCD (1366x768) Acer CineCrystal
Nvidia GeForce 9500M-GS 512 MB dedicated VRAM
Integrated
4400 mAh Primary Battery

OSDirectX VersionPlatform DriversGraphics Drivers

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System Software & Drivers
Windows Vista Enterprise 6.0 Build 6001 SP1
10
Intel Version 8.2.0.1014
Nvidia Display Drivers 174.51 (7.15.11.7451)

Tom’s Hardware personal configuration

CPUIntel Platform S775Intel P35MemoryDVD-ROMHard Disk DriveGraphics CardPower adapter

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System Hardware
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (45 nm, 3.00 GHz, 6 MB L2 Cache)
Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R, Rev. 1.0
Intel P35, BIOS: F3B
2x 2GB DDR2-800 G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
Samsung SH-D163A, SATA150
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750 GB, 7,200 RPM, 32MB Cache, SATA2/300
GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
Zalman, ATX 2.01, 510 Watt

OSDirectX VersionPlatform DriversGraphics Drivers

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System Software & Drivers
Windows Vista Enterprise 6.0 Build 6001 SP1
10
Intel Version 8.2.0.1014
Nvidia Display Drivers 169.75