Acer Aspire 5740G Owners Lounge

[downloads]

I finished mafia 2 benchmark with @ 640 and 900. Got 35.3 average fps on medium settings with antialiasing 1x and vsync off. Not found where to change in dx11 mode, maybe it set to default. Done twice and get +-2fps. So it is even worse than default hd 5650 with 550 core from here Notebookcheck: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 ;/

Yeah- that doesn't look good. Let's make sure we use the same settings- the only thing I changed in settings was to set them to High (originally it was on Optimal) that changed all sub-settings accordingly but I haven't messed with any of them.
Are you using Catalyst 10.7?
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And downloads, do you never regret for buying this acer? When looking for laptop I choose between this and msi (don't remember model, with better gpu but old dual core processor). Sometimes thinking that should picked msi.

No I've never had any regrets about choosing this notebook because that's the best you can get in this price-range.
You would have to be more specific about the GPU on MSI but again if it was better it was more expensive.
Mobility Radeon HD5650 is faster than ATI 4650, ATI 4670, nVidia GT240M, nVidia GT 250M, nVidia GT 330M (rebranded GT240M) and a bit faster than GT335M (rebranded GT250M), So the only mid-range card that is faster is HD5730 but that's basically the same card. Not to mention that after all the problems that MSI EX625 had (GPU dying, fan dying, special signs/letters for some languages not working, cracks in the chassis and few others) I wouldn't buy notebook from them.

[sshadowww]

Yeah- that doesn't look good. Let's make sure we use the same settings- the only thing I changed in settings was to set them to High (originally it was on Optimal) that changed all sub-settings accordingly but I haven't messed with any of them.
Are you using Catalyst 10.7?

Now I set it to all High and get 33.6 fps average. Yes, using catalyst 10.7

No I've never had any regrets about choosing this notebook because that's the best you can get in this price-range.
You would have to be more specific about the GPU on MSI but again if it was better it was more expensive.
Mobility Radeon HD5650 is faster than ATI 4650, ATI 4670, nVidia GT240M, nVidia GT 250M, nVidia GT 330M (rebranded GT240M) and a bit faster than GT335M (rebranded GT250M), So the only mid-range card that is faster is HD5730 but that's basically the same card. Not to mention that after all the problems that MSI EX625 had (GPU dying, fan dying, special signs/letters for some languages not working, cracks in the chassis and few others) I wouldn't buy notebook from them.

I was talking about this msi MSI GT628X GAMING : Neðiojami kompiuteriai : 1a.lt It's a bit expensive but has geforce gts 160m. I would love my acer is it would work as it should, I don't know what i'm doing wrong that performance is not as it should be..

[Firestorm10]

hello guys im new here and i'm a 5740g user with 640gb HDD
my notebook have an LG monitor (i've read some people have samsung screens?-checked mine in everest) and there are no problems with the screen at all... no lines etc

so i have some questions to downloads and all others:

1.) i really liked your first post with all new drivers etc.Are they all the newest ones (i found newer drivers on broadcom site so please update all of them thanks!) ? After installing Atheros Wi-Fi driver v9.1.0.100 theres no more orange light at the w-lan botton showing that w-lan is active... but windows has no problems at all with this driver. Because i have no w-lan network @ home i cannot check if it really works or not... so i wanna ask if there are people using this driver with no problems or not..

2.) After installing ePower management there is no menu or something like that... where can i open it and change some values? there is nothing in taskbar or at system settings...on my notebook at least.

3.) Somebody have a better akku? ive seen some in ebay with double capacity(chinese ones). Are they save or are there any risks?

4.) after installing the new drivers from this site my windows benchmark scores raised from 5,6 to 5,9 (http://img13.abload.de/img/5v2a0.jpg)
what values do you have?

[sshadowww]

Hi, I have same one with i5, 4gb, hd 5650, 640hd. Experience index is exactly same as yours, I'm using win7 ultimate x64. Have you tried OC your hd 5650? I wonder how far your card can go.

[Firestorm10]

i dont think ocing a GPU in notebooks are that good for notebooks health... my temps are really good so i can do it but 2-3 fps more in games is not worth the risk in my opinion. i can do a short test run but not more... what tool do i need for OC hd 5650

[sshadowww]

i dont think ocing a GPU in notebooks are that good for notebooks health... my temps are really good so i can do it but 2-3 fps more in games is not worth the risk in my opinion. i can do a short test run but not more... what tool do i need for OC hd 5650

About oc read in first post.

[alstrike]

Hi guys,

any of you has something like this installed?



I got one on the way, but some other guy in another forum reported freeze problems upon boot on his 5740G. He says that even Ubuntu won´t boot with the 2nd hdd installed. I´ve read that many users here have that caddy with no problems at all.

Any ideas?

[Firestorm10]

i have a western digital scorpio blue on my 5740 (640GB) runs fine and no problems!


ive testet 650/850 mhz easy going!

[sustmi]

I just noticed that screenshot you provided has an additional tab labeled "Intel" (between security and boot) in BIOS which we cannot see.
What's there?

Hello,
this hidden 'Intel' tab can be enabled by setting CMOS token number 141h (they are numbered hexadecimal) to value 1. It's 141h in BIOS v. 1.22 (but I bet other versions will be the same).
To set the token's value use tool named SYMCMOS. I'm far from computer (typing the post on mobile phone), so it's hard to describe whole process. I can give you two hints:
1. you'll need a bootable DOS disk
2. use parameter '-u' for SYMCMOS
(please google for description how to use the tool for setting tokens)

There are lots of new options in the 'Intel' tab.
Please do NOT set the 'Primary Display' option neither to 'IGD' nor to 'SG'! YOU WILL BRICK YOUR LAPTOP!
Only way back (unbrick) is to use the Crisis disk. I recommend you to make one and try that it works (can flash a working BIOS in Fn+ESC boot mode) before any experiments.
That's all for now.
The bad new is that we still don't have working Switchable Graphics.
I've been hacking the BIOS of my 5740g for last two months so there is much more to say, but again I have only mobile phone right now and my thumb already hurts like hell.
More information at the end of next week.

[alstrike]

i have a western digital scorpio blue on my 5740 (640GB) runs fine and no problems!


ive testet 650/850 mhz easy going!

I meant the HDD in a caddy just like the image shows as a 2nd HDD.

I got a OCZ Vertex 2 60GB and bought this caddy so I can have the best of both worlds, speed and storage.

EDIT: Try and go 650/1000