IT News HeadLines (AnandTech) 27/11/2010

Acer's Aspire 5551G: AMD's Budget Gaming Laptop
When someone talks about budget gaming on a laptop, a lot of things might go through your head. Are they talking about ten year old games on netbooks? Maybe by "budget" they mean $1000? Or perhaps they're referring to a pathetically slow IGP that can barely run modern games at 768p (but does reasonably well with 3+ year old titles)? So many options, but today we're talking about a laptop that can legitimately play almost any modern title at medium to high detail and 768p, and it checks in at a pocketbook friendly price of under $700.

Given the specs and performance potential, it's no surprise that the laptop in question comes from Acer—with everything that implies. The Acer Aspire 5551G also happens to be the best example of AMD's midrange gaming laptops, packing a dual-core P520 processor with a Radeon HD 5650 graphics card. There are certainly some blemishes in the overall experience, but many people are able to overlook those when they see the bottom line—which might explain in part why you can no longer find this model in stock. Yeah. But if you're curious as to how an AMD Vision Premium 2010 notebook stacks up to the competition, read on….

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