Acer Aspire 5020 Series AMD Turion 64 Notebook Review (pics, specs) - FOLLOW-UP

[ikariwths]

does this means tha if i change the memory, and install one at 512mb -200mhz instead of two at 256-333 that already has,i wil gain some speed?or battery lifetime?

[Jos]

does this means tha if i change the memory, and install one at 512mb -200mhz instead of two at 256-333 that already has,i wil gain some speed?or battery lifetime?

In this case you would go from 512 MB at 167/333 MHz to 512 MB at 200/400 MHz.
So in priciple you would gain some speed, provided that the BIOS supports it

I bought two 512 MB DDR333 modules to replace my original two 256 MB modules. I will re-do some of the benchmarks I did in my original review and see how much effect it has if you go from 2x256MB@133MHz (original modules with original bios 1.03) to 2x512MB@167MHz (new modules with bios 1.11) and let you know.

Jos

[ikariwths]

ok thank's my fried.does anybody know if our motherboard supports ddr 400?normaly i kow that supports but we have to have an examble just to be sure,maybe the bios dosent support it!if i change the modules would the battery performane ingreasse or degreasse

[Jos]

As promised, some benchmarks to show the effect of going from 2x256MB@133MHz (original modules with original bios 1.03) to 2x512MB@166MHz (new modules with bios 1.11).

As you can see and as expected, there is a considerable improvement in PCMark and Sandra memory
benchmarks.
Also 3DMark and Aquamark seem to like more/faster memory, but all the other benchmarks seem to
depend only on CPU-speed.

[Jos]

The same results in 'plain text':

Benchmark results before / after memory and BIOS upgrade
System................Aspire 5024WLMi
CPU.....................Turion ML34 1.8 GHz
BIOS...................v1.03..................v1.11
Memory...............512 MB (2x256)...1024 MB (2x512)
Memory speed......~133 MHz...........~166 MHz
CPUMark99...........233....................235
PCMark2002 CPU...5859..................5858
PCMark2002 Mem..6435..................7057
PCMark2002 Hdd...621....................638
PCMark04 v1.3.....3415...................3493
Super-Pi 1M.........50 s....................49 s
Super-Pi 2M.........118 s..................114 s
ScienceM. Prim.....517.3.................508.0
ScienceM. Mold.....110.7.................110.7
3DMark2001 SE....15045................15564
3DMark05.............2161..................2202
Aquamark 3..........40,384...............42,360
Sandra 2005 RAM BW
Int MB/s...............1929..................2457
Float MB/s............1930..................2459

[GIMLI2005]

what is speed of HD 100 GB on Acer 5024

[Jos]

what is speed of HD 100 GB on Acer 5024

I don't know about that drive.
My 5024WLMi (Acer product number LX.A4605.038) came with a 80GB 4200rpm drive: an IBM / Hitachi Travelstar 80GN (IC25N080ATMR04-0).

[Charles P. Jefferies]

I have an Acer TravelMate 4400, I believe it is very similar to the 5020 series. I am having a problem, maybe you could help me!

I live here in America, and I want to put the XP64Pro on it. I have downloaded all of the 64 bit drivers from Acer's web site. However, it says "BIOS v1.08 required". Does anyone know where I can get the BIOS v1.08? Thanks, Help would be greatly appreciated!

Yea, I searched the Acer America site, and I am having trouble navigating it... cant find anything on there. I also searched the UK site, but, the 4400 is not listed, I assume it is not sold there.

[pauld]

Just bought a 5024! I paid £900, and am very pleased.

I had a go on Doom3, and it works great, but I noticed the fill-rate wasn't as good as I would have expected. I also noticed that when you move big bits of graphics around on the desktop, they tend to tear quite a bit.

Has anyone else noticed this or attempted to fix it?

P

[millenium]

Guys,

could someone tell me how to update bios?

I have downloaded this WinPhlash and the 1.11 bios files from Acer. Now, I'm not sure how to use this util. As far as I understand WinPhlash wants one of the files in the 1.11 DOS folder (and not "WINDOWS"). Which one to use (M24,M26 and some other)?