Acer Aspire 5920
Attractive Home Gaming Notebook

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The 5920 comes with a TN-film panel with all characteristic features of this technology. It has narrow angles of view, especially vertical ones - it changes colors or even inverts them when you move your head. However, it happens only if you look at the display from a distance.

On the other hand, the notebook is equipped with brighter backlight lamps, so it's quite good at games and movies. By the way, the display has a mirror coating, which reflects the room, if you sit against the light. However, this display works well in a room - just don't put it facing a window.

And finally, a big advantage of this panel for a gaming notebook is that it belongs to the latest generation with 8 ms response. The panel is really fast, we saw no blurs in games and movies at all.

The audio system is also much better than usual. High-frequency speakers are installed under a ribbed decorative insert over the keyboard. Besides, there is quite a large speaker on the bottom of the notebook.

The acoustic system produces a very nice impression. The sound is loud and clear. You can listen to music and watch movies even in a noisy room. The system lacks low frequencies, of course, but it's very hard to achieve better results in such a small case. It's very hard to realize the sound source. You just know that the sound comes from a notebook, but the exact source is not clear. The stereo effect is also weak. The sound quality produces a very good impression - you can listen to music and watch movies with the built-in speakers without spoiling the impression.

We should also mention the volume control in the form of a wheel. It has no stops, volume is controlled on the software level.

Noise and Temperatures

The notebook has a good ventilation system. The fan rotates constantly at a relatively high speed. Nevertheless, it's almost inaudible. Low humming is not noticeable at a constant rotational speed. Besides, the exhaust grid is on the rear panel.

The notebook does not get very hot in the standard mode, for example when you work or watch a movie. Only the left wrist pad and the corresponding place on the bottom get warm.

However, the 5920 is a gaming computer. Games have the highest hardware requirements. So we decided to test the notebook with lengthy gaming sessions.

Powerful and hard-driving "You are empty" heats the notebook very much. The entire left side gets so hot that it's even problematic to hold it. However, the notebook froze only one time after 3-4 hours of gaming, and it was stifling outside (28°-30°C). No more freezes. The notebook is noticeably cooler in less difficult games (such as Battlefield Vietnam).

Bundled software

Along with programs described in the Extra section, the notebook comes with the standard Acer's set of utilities. They are described in detail in the Acer Travelmate 3045 review.

Additional equipment

The 5920 has additional functionality for video conferencing. We mean a web camera with the Crystal eye technology as well as two (!) microphones built into the upper part of the panel frame.

Subjective impressions

We mostly used the notebook to play movies and games. It coped with both tasks well.

Its powerful configuration, including the latest graphics card, allows to cope with most modern games. We should mention good gaming performance and fast panel - these features combined produce a good impression.

Everything is OK with movies as well, especially watching them solo. Image quality is acceptable, you can watch movies well without connecting an external acoustic system.

Positioning

Acer 5920G is an all-purpose home notebook. It easily copes with all domestic tasks: Web surfing, editing texts and spreadsheets, playing music and movies, and games.

This notebook has everything necessary for a home user - a bright panel, good speakers, an excellent keyboard, a good set of expansion ports, an attractive design.

Conclusion

It's a big all-purpose notebook that looks well at home. It copes with all domestic tasks including modern games. It has a homey design, calm but interesting. At the same time, it has a reasonable price. In my opinion, this good balance of high functionality and ergonomics for a reasonable price will become a visiting card of this notebook on the market.