laptop gaming under $ 700

Acer Aspire 4530 is a complete multimedia solution for home users that combines the handsome Acer Gemstone design, brilliant CrystalBrite display and powerful AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core Processor. This laptop may be a feasible option for those of you who like gaming and multi-media. good to edit pictures or video. vga for this laptop using nvidia geforce 9100 that would you happy with 256mb [shared with ram]. while Acer 4530 notebook use the latest nVidia 9100G M chipset which support Cuda and Physix as well. After doing some homework, I found that (from web), the reviewer claim, 9100 chipset could perform as well as nVidia 8400G discrete graphics chipset. In other word, this new 9100GM chipset will blow out and beat X3100 chipset. make sure that you upgrade ram 4 GB, using 2 x 2GB ram each other. because support dual channel.

specification of acer aspire 4530

Processor :

• Model : AMD TUrion X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-70
• Speed : 2 GHz
• Model Number : 6000
• Core Per Processor : 2 Units
• Thread per Core : 1 Unit
• Internal Data Cache : 2x 64kB, Synchronous, Write-Back, 64-byte line size
• L2 On-Board Cache : 2×512kB, ECC, Synchronous, Write=Back, 16 Way, 64 byte line
• Package : Socket U
• Generation : G8
• Revision Stepping : 3/1 (C60)
• Microcode : MU0F3132
• Core Voltage rating : 0.950V
• Maximum Physical Address / Virtual Address : 40-bit / 48-bit
• Native Page Size : 4 kB
• Large Page Size : 2 MB
• LBRV - LBR Virtualization supported
• SSE support up to SSE3

System :

• System : Acer Aspire 4530
• Mainboard : Acer Grasmoor
• Bus : ISA, PCI, PCIe, PCMCIA, USB
• Multi-Processor Support = 1 Processor
• APIC Support = NO
• System Bios : Acer 255.255
• Total Memory = 4.0 GB

Chipset :

• AMD (Family 11h) - Hyper Transport Technology Configuration
• Front Side Bus : 1×143MHz

Video System :

• Monitor : Generic PNP Monitor
• Adapter : nVidia GeForce 9100M G
• Imaging Device : Acer Crystal Eye Webcam

Physical Storage :

• Hard Disk : ST9160827AS 160GB, (SATA300, NCQ, 8MB Cache
• Optical : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N (SATA150, 63X CD-R, 24x CD-W, 8x DVD-R, 3x DVD-W, 2MB Cache)

Peripherals :

• 3x USB
• Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader
• LaunchManager
• Synaptics Touchpad

Communication Device

• HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

Network Services

• Adapter LAN : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
• Adaper WLAN : Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter

nVidia Geforce 9100MG Chipset

1 GB (already upgraded to 4 GB DDR2 667MHz)

160 GB Sata HDD

DVD-SuperMulti Dual Layer

802.11 b/g Wireless LAN

Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

bencmark:

Hard Disk Benchmark (IDE Mode)

Notice that temperature of HDD increase from 45 to 53 degree celcius upon completing the benchmark.