Comments on: Review: Acer’s Dekotora Notebook – Aspire 6920

By: Perry L

Perry L — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:15:09 +0000

I am pretty sure that the motherboard is different between models the ‘G’ and non ‘G’ models. That means it is unlikely that you will have the MXM slot. The only way to know for sure is to open it and look.

Even with the MXM, cards are pricey. Its likely a better idea to just sell it and get the notebook you want.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:03:34 +0000

I bought the Acer Aspire 6920 with the integrated Intel 965 Express chipset. Long story short the Intel 965 is absolutely horrible. Nothing works on it. I’m trying to figure out if I can upgrade my video card to the Nvidia so I can actually play some games. According to what I’ve read the Aspire 6920 is MXM, but all of the articles that I find which state this are talking about the 6920 that already has the Nvidia 9500m, not the integrated chipset. If anyone knows the answer I would very much appreciate it.

By: Perry L

Perry L — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:05:57 +0000

I think it requires a 17″ case. I have a crumpler 15″ messenger bag and the Acer did not fit within it.

By: DHEE

DHEE — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:39:09 +0000

ive got the same lappy too, having a hard time to get a carry case for it.
Should i get the one for 15.4 inches? or the one for 17 inch? im not sure about the size

By: Suigi

Suigi — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:09:36 +0000

I’ve got the same model as you, except with the Blu-Ray drive instead, and an 8-cell battery.
I get about 3.5 hours of life on it when running a Balanced power plan.
And how on earth did you get such a good 3DMark06 run? I’m at about 200 points lower than you, at 3522.
I’m also one of the poor sods who ran into heat issues with his 6920G – the CPU has a bad habit of downclocking once hitting 70 degrees under stress. Once that happens, goodbye framerate.
I’ve found one potential culprit – a mesh screen in front of the intake fan gets easily clogged by dust, and needs a good cleaning out every so often to keep airflow up.

Oh and trust me, I will be upgrading the CPU on this thing to a Penryn at some point, long-term warranty be damned.