Acer Aspire 8920-6671 review

A massive laptop like the Acer will probably spend almost all its time plugged into a wall, but we were able to run it for 1 hour and 41 minutes, which is decent for a desktop replacement laptop--many run for only about an hour.

Acer includes an impressive three-year parts-and-labor warranty with the system. The technical support phone lines are open only Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT and on weekends from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT. The company's online support offers driver and manual downloads, but lacks common features such as forums and real-time chat. Note that the cheaper 8920 model includes only a one-year warranty.

Unreal Tournament 3 (in frames per second)
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1440x900, 4X AA, 8X AF

1280x800, 4X AA, 8X AF

Gateway P-172X FX

91.2 

Acer Aspire 8920-6671

53.2 

Asus M70Sa-C1

35.4 

HP Pavilion dv9700t

33 

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Acer Aspire 8920-6671
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition SP1; 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9500; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9650M GS; 320GB Western Digital 5,400rpm.

HP Pavilion dv9700t
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9300; 3,072MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS; 250GB Hitachi 5,400rpm.

Asus M70
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9300; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650; 500GB Hitachi 5,400rpm (x2).

Gateway P-172X FX
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8300; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTS; 160GB Seagate 7,200rpm (x2).