Acer ASPIRE 5742 - Peripheral and Connectivity Specifications

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Graphics
• Dual independent display support
• 16.7 million colors
• External resolution / refresh rates:
• VGA port up to 2560 x 1600: 60 Hz
• HDMI™ port up to 1920 x 1080: 60 Hz
• MPEG-2/DVD decoding
• WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding
• HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content
Protection) support
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• Intel® HD Graphics with 128 MB of dedicated system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10
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• NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420M with 1024 MB of dedicated DDR3 VRAM, supporting NVIDIA®
CUDA™, PhysX™, PureVideo® HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR)
technology, Shader Model 5.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 11
• ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 with 512 MB of dedicated DDR3 VRAM, supporting Unified Video
Decoder (UVD), OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 5.0,
Microsoft® DirectX® 11, OpenGL® 3.1, OpenCL™ 1.1
Storage
Hard disk drive:
• 160/250/320/500/640/750 GB or larger
2-in-1 card reader, supporting:
• Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard™ (MMC)
Optical Media Drive
• 8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive:
• Read: 24X CD-ROM, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 6X
DVD-ROM DL, 6X DVD-R DL, 6X DVD+R DL, 6X DVD-RW, 6X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM
• Write: 24X CD-R, 16X CD-RW, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD-R DL, 4X DVD+R DL, 6X
DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM
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• 4X Blu-ray Disc™ / DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive:
• Read: 24X CD-ROM, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 8X
DVD-ROM DL, 6X DVD-R DL, 6X DVD+R DL, 8X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM, 4X
BD-ROM, 4X BD-R, 2X BD-RE, 4X BD-ROM DL, 4X BD-R DL, 2X BD-RE DL
• Write: 24X CD-R, 16X CD-RW, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 6X DVD-RW, 6X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-
RAM, 4X DVD+R DL, 4X DVD-R DL
Webcam
• Acer Video Conference featuring:
• Acer Crystal Eye webcam with 1280 x 1024 resolution