Acer Aspire 5520 - Chapter 1

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Features
Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many features:
Operating system
q Windows Vista™ Ultimate
q Windows Vista™ Home Premium
q Windows Vista™ Home Basic
q Windows Vista™ Starter
Platform and memory
q AMD Better By Design program, featuring:
• AMD Turion™ 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology TL-66 / TL-64 / TL-60 / TL-58 / TL-56 / TL-52
(2x512 KB L2 cache, 2.3 GHz / 2.2 GHz /2.0 GHz / 1.9 GHz / 1.8 GHz / 1.6 GHz, supporting
AMD HyperTransport® technology (for selected models)
• AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK-53/TK-55 (1.70/1.80 GHz, 2x 256 KB L2 cache),
supporting AMD PowerNow!™ technology and AMD HyperTransport™ technology (for selected
models)
• AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology MK-36/MK-38 (2/2.20 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache), supporting
AMD PowerNow!™ technology and AMD HyperTransport™ technology (for selected models)
• Mobile AMD Sempron™ 3500+ (1.80 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache), 3600+/3800+ (2/2.20 GHz, 256
KB L2 cache) (for selected models)
• Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® solution, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless
technology
q Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® solution, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless
technology
q Core logic: North Bridge NVIDIA nForce® 610M (MCP67-MV) (Single chip)
q Up to 2GB of DDR2 677 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-
channel support)
TV-tuner
q Acer TV-tuner options:
Digital TV-tuner supporting DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial) standard (6 MHz to 8
MHz)
q TV-tuner I/O:
• RF jack for digital/analog TV antenna cable input
q TV-tuner cables:
• PAL cable for digital TV input, PAL/SECAM to NTSC port converter
q Acer DVB-T antenna (UHF/VHF reception) supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
Display and graphics
q 15.4" WXGA high-brightness (220-nits) Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution,
supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™
q 8 ms response time
q NVIDIA GeForce® 8400M G with up to 1024MB of Turbocache™ (256MB of dedicated GDDR2
VRAM, up to 768MB of share system memory), supporting Microsoft DirectX 9 and DirectX 10,
System Specifications
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