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Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G 18.4in laptop

Full HD desktop replacement with plenty of poke

Thanks to the Core i7 processor and HD 5650 graphics, gaming is a real possibility on the Ethos. The HD5650 isn’t ATI’s fastest laptop graphics core – that moniker belongs to the 5800-series – but it’s still very capable.

Benchmark Tests

PCMark Vantage Results

Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G

Longer bars are better

Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G

Longer bars are better

Battery Life Results

Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G

Battery life in minutes
Longer bars are better

At the laptop’s native resolution and with 4x anti-aliasing activated, Call of Duty 4 ticked along nicely at 22.7fps. Under the same settings and with detail set to medium, Crysis also performed well at an average of 24.95fps.

Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G
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