Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG Owners Lounge

[KolosoK]

Hi guys, just a question : does the 4820tg have any temperature issue in full load due to the only one fan for heat dissipation ? compared to 3820tg ?

thank you

It can get quite hot - up to 90C for the i5 version. However, the i5 doesn't throttle until over 100C. The i3 throttles at around 85C as far as I know, which may be problematic for some.

[Bronsky]

It can get quite hot - up to 90C for the i5 version. However, the i5 doesn't throttle until over 100C. The i3 throttles at around 85C as far as I know, which may be problematic for some.

My I5-450M runs at 91C under load and not a hint of throttling.

I think the I5's just run hot.

Bronsky

[KolosoK]

My I5-450M runs at 91C under load and not a hint of throttling. I think the I5's just run hot.

Bronsky

Mine does get over 90C when I play BF: BC2 without my cooler.

[Bronsky]

Mine does get over 90C when I play BF: BC2 without my cooler.

These temps were after running a 1024 loop for over an hour with the CPU at 95-100% the entire time and overclocked to nearly 3.3ghz.

Bronsky

[KolosoK]

These temps were after running a 1024 loop for over an hour with the CPU at 95-100% the entire time and overclocked to nearly 3.3ghz.

Bronsky

Then there's no problem

EDIT: Bronsky, mind sharing how you overclocked yours? I want to give it a go.

[Bronsky]

Then there's no problem

EDIT: Bronsky, mind sharing how you overclocked yours? I want to give it a go.

No problem. Most of the OC'ing discussion is in the 3820TG thread. It is probably worth the effort to run a search and try to track some of the this discussion down. You have to DL the freeware version of SetFSB and try to find a clockgen that works. There are a few that work on the 3820TG. One is the Acer G73h that is a shareware verision of SetFSB. Once you get the program, I would see if you can get the CPU to OC and, if so, send the $5 paypal payment (500 yen) to Ado who designed the software to get a code to unlock the shareware version. Here is a thread where I have some misc. inf on the clockgens that do not OC very easily. Possibly Overclocking an Unclockable 3820TG.

Best of luck. I don't know of any 4820TG that is running OC'd yet. I did help somebody OC their Envy 14 the other day.

Bronsky

[KolosoK]

No problem. Most of the OC'ing discussion is in the 3820TG thread. It is probably worth the effort to run a search and try to track some of the this discussion down. You have to DL the freeware version of SetFSB and try to find a clockgen that works. There are a few that work on the 3820TG. One is the Acer G73h that is a shareware verision of SetFSB. Once you get the program, I would see if you can get the CPU to OC and, if so, send the $5 paypal payment (500 yen) to Ado who designed the software to get a code to unlock the shareware version. Here is a thread where I have some misc. inf on the clockgens that do not OC very easily. Possibly Overclocking an Unclockable 3820TG.

Best of luck. I don't know of any 4820TG that is running OC'd yet. I did help somebody OC their Envy 14 the other day.

Bronsky

Awesome, I'll probably end up doing this once school starts in a couple of weeks. Vacation time until then

[Obskure]

The driver version for 5650 is correct but for Intel it should be "8.713.3.3000" if you install the latest version from Acer.

I always switch to "Discrete" in BIOS before I uninstall the drivers and then back to "Switchable" to install the Acer drivers, and then back to "Discrete" to install ATI drivers and then, guess what... back to "Switchable". Seems to work better that way. Any particular reason for not downloading the drivers from AMD?

Just to clarify: I should be installing the Intel VGA drivers from the Acer web site? The version code says 8.15.10.2025.
And then just follow your directions?

[Apex84]

Just to clarify: I should be installing the Intel VGA drivers from the Acer web site? The version code says 8.15.10.2025.
And then just follow your directions?

I don't install the separate (8.15.10.2025) Intel GMA drivers and someone mentioned in a thread that they are for 4820T (not TG). The ATI VGA drivers (from Acer) will also install drivers for Intel GMA. I have a 5820TG and the latest ATI drivers from Acer are 8.713.3.3000 and since these will also be installed for the Intel GMA, you will see driver version 8.713.3.3000 both for Intel GMA and ATI 5650 when you look in Device Manager. I didn't bother installing drivers from ATI this time since the drivers from Acer work really well, if not slightly better than 10.7. I hope I didn't confuse you even more with this post...

[Obskure]

8.15.10.2182 is the Intel version that I have already installed, but I just noticed that it's still a newer version than the Acer provided copy "8.15.10.2025"
Yet, the 5650 card driver version is 8.762.0.0
I'll be honest, I am actually getting confused. According to the Intel download centre, The latest Intel HD Graphics drivers available are the same "8.15.10.2182". Maybe I am on the latest & greatest after all!!