Acer Aspire One 522 Review

After the presence of Acer Aspire 4253 with AMD‘s first APU, Acer is now re-present AMD APU-based solutions. The product is named Acer Aspire One 522. This time, the APU is used is the AMD C-50 and the category is a netbook. What? Netbook? Yes, this is a netbook powered APU AMD. What are the benefits? Let us refer to the following reviews.

Acer Aspire One 522

Acer Aspire One 522

What is AMD C-50?

AMD processors are used in the Acer Aspire One 522 is one of the first Fusion processor from AMD, C​​-50. Fusion processors have the result of merging of the processor and VGA. Yes, AMD C-50 is a combination of a dual-core AMD processor with a VGA AMD (Radeon HD 6250). AMD calls the combined results of the CPU and VGA as the APU (Accelerated Processor Unit).

AMD Fusion

AMD C-50 APU is designed for netbooks and even tablets. APU has 2 cores, which has a 1 GHz speed. Although only 1 GHz, C-50 has a working system like modern processors. C-50 using the method of execution out-of-order, where orders can be done according to priority and the most appropriate order to ensure the process runs as quickly as possible. This is very different than the Atom which uses in-order method, where all orders will be done in sequence, depending on which comes first command is given. Under conditions of multi-tasking, C-50 should be able to offer better speed.

Acer Aspire One 522: Multimedia HD Capable Netbook

Terms of what is perceived less on Atom netbooks? The most obvious is the inability to run Full HD video as well. Some types of video can not run smoothly on the Atom processor, even with dual-core (N550) though. Therefore, the Acer Aspire One 522 netbook comes as a multimedia-capable high.

The availability of HDMI ports and screens with HD resolution (1280 × 720) is the indication. Acer Aspire One 522 promises the ability to play full HD video (1080p) in any format. Graphics capability also promises some advantages if you use software that can harness the graphics system to improve performance. For example, Windows 7 will run better, because of the appearance, Windows 7 was designed to utilize the graphics capabilities, not just the processor.

ACER Aspire One 522 Performance (Sysmark 2007)

As a representative of all performance tests are considered valid by various IT institutions and the producers, we use Sysmark 2007 as a reference. This program is a combination of various commonly used software like Microsoft Office and Adobe products a variety of programs.

Acer Aspire One 522 Performance

Based on the results of these tests, the AMD C-50 helped Acer Aspire One 522 is the performance gain over the Atom N550 (Dual Core). Of course, AMD C-50 has the performance is still below the AMD E-350 (Acer Aspire 4253). Here is the difference in performance in more detail (on a netbook with Atom Dual Core).

Apparently, although the Atom Dual Core has 2 cores and 4 threads, the processor netbook is still far behind in all aspects of testing, when compared with AMD C-50.

Acer Aspire One 522 VGA capabilities (3DMark 06)

This test program can be found online (www.futuremark.com). 3DMark 2006 is a universal common reference for testing the VGA. This version is commonly used for entry-level VGA.

Acer Aspire One 522 VGA Capabilities

The results are quite surprising, is not it? Apparently, the ability of the VGA on the Acer Aspire One 522 netbook is able to beat Pentium Dual Core P6000 (Intel HD) and Pentium Dual Core T4500 (4500MHD). Although still lagging behind of the “brother”, AMD E-350, APU AMD C-50 on the Acer Aspire One 522 was clearly has the power to run a variety of multimedia applications associated with video. However, with the value obtained, the games can be played is limited to the flash games and older 3D games lightly. AMD Radeon HD 6250 on this netbook is not designed to play heavy 3D games.

ACER ASPIRE ONE 522 CAN Play a Video Full HD (1080p)

AMD HD Internet

Play video High Definition (HD) is a difficult thing to do on a netbook. Running video 1080p (Full HD) is impossible. In fact, some low-cost notebooks also have difficulty running Full HD video. What about the Acer Aspire One 522?

Acer Aspire One 522 is not experiencing any problems at all in running Full HD video in any format. As long as your player can take advantage of the available VGA (DXVA), you can play any movie available on the market today without any significant problems.

If you have a good enough Internet bandwidth, the Acer Aspire One 522 is even allowing you to stream Full HD (1080p) via Youtube smoothly.

ACER ASPIRE ONE 522 Durability testing with MobileMark 2007 battery

Benchmark Suite is a mix similar to Sysmark 2007. Only, this software is set up in such a way as to simulate daily work continuously until the battery is drained.

From the test results, it was found that the Acer Aspire One 522 is able to survive up to 375 minutes or about 6 hours and 15 minutes. Not many netbooks and notebooks that could compete with him. Keep in mind, notebook or netbook that claim to be able to live 4 hours, usually only lasts 2.5 to 3 hours on this test.

Acer Aspire One 522

Acer Aspire One 522

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