Download Driver Acer Aspire One D270 Limited Edition

Hot on the heels of Acer subsidary Packard Bell’s
Cedar Trail netbook
offering, Acer itself has released the Aspire One D270. The Cedar Trail launch was postponed, reportedly due to driver issues, and equally a effect the Cedar Trail chips just back up DirectX nine – non DX10.one as originally claimed past Intel. This shouldn’t be a big bargain, as Cedar Trail’due south GMA 3600 graphics lacks the muscle to handle DX10 games anyway.

The new D270 looks much like older Aspire I netbooks – just the specs take been upgraded. Acer uses the newIntel Atom N2600 processor at 1600 MHz. TheIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 graphics card is integrated on the processor dice. As with theIntel GMA 500, it is based on a core licensed from PowerVR (SGX 545).

The 10.1 incher sports a non-glare screen with a maximum resolution of1024 x 600 pixels. Information technology unfortunately has no USB 3.0 support – a standard feature on modern machines – just it does feature the latest Bluetooth four.0. Read on to find out how the D270 compares to the rest of the netbook contest.

The instance hasn’t inverse compared with theAcer Aspire One 522. It’southward bachelor in  blue, red, green and blackness. The design on the display hat reminds us of the ripple created when a driblet falls into water. It’south fairly sturdy, just angle under loftier pressure. Notwithstanding, there are some sharp edges around the ethernet jack to be wary of.

The fairly wideopen bending of approximately 150 degrees is noteworthy. We noticed a slight teetering afterward adjusting the display hinges. The netbook’south bottom gives pretty limited access to the innards – only the battery tin can exist easily removed. Like theAspire Ane 522, the keyboard has to be taken off to get deeper inside. Consequently, upgrades are more hazardous than they really should be.

The D270 offers the usualminimal interface multifariousness mutual to all netbooks: HDMI, 3x USB 2.0, and headphone and microphone jacks. USB 3.0 is nowhere to be found, merely you lot do get the latest Bluetooth 4.0.

Advice

The D270 includes a bog standard 10/100 Realtek PCIe ethernet controller and Broadcom 802.11n wifi module. However, a existent highlight is thecutting border Bluetooth 4.0. BT 4.0 introduces a low free energy protocol stack, and range has been increased to up to 100 meters. A UMTS module isn’t bachelor in this toll range, unfortunately.

Scope of Delivery

Besides the netbook, a matching ability adapter and a half dozen cell battery is included in the scope of delivery. As usual, netbooks come with the blank minimum.

Warranty

Acer offers a standard12 month warranty (option-upwards & return). A warranty extension volition cost you at least EUR 69 ($91).

The Acer Aspire I D270 is equipped with a ten.1-inch LED screen. The screen (model proper name MS_0001) supports a netbook-standard 1024 ten 600 pixels in an approximate 16:nine aspect ratio. In contrast to theAcer Aspire One 522, the screen isAR coated and thus more than suitable for outdoor use. A pocket-size webcam is built into the display. VGA and HDMI are available for connecting external monitors.

A measurement with the Gossen Mavo Monitor recorded a decent maximum effulgence of225 cd/m^two
 and boilerplate effulgence of
215.4 cd/m^two
. Nosotros saw no difference betwixt battery and Ac power, and brightness appeared constant across the screen.

The D270’s primary upgrade is the 2-core/4-thread (with Hyperthreading)Cedar TrailAtom N2600 processor at 1.6 GHz and a low three.5 watt TDP.Intel’s PowerVR SGX 545-based GMA 3600 graphics is integrated on the CPU die and runs at 400 MHz. Information technology supports MPEG4 Part 2, VC-1, WMV9 and H.264.

We had to look for a long time for the first notebooks using the Cedar Trail One thousand platform, reportedly due tomassive driver bug. In the end, Intel withdrew DX10.1 back up and now only claims DX9 compatibility.

The D270 also sports a 5400rpm Western Digital320 GB hard disk driveand
1GB retentivity.

Processor

We used Cinebench R10 to check the processor performance of the Acer Aspire 1 D270. As expected, the netbook places itself in the lower third of our benchmark database. With 531 points inunmarried-threaded rendering, the netbook is superior to
N550-equipped offerings like theHP Mini 5103-WK472EA (516 points), but inferior to
N270 devices like theAsus Eee PC S101 (577 points).

The Acer Aspire One D270 manages 1548 points in Cinebench R10’smulti-rendering test – almost 25% slower than systems withAMD’s E-350 processor, such as theHP Pavilion dm1-3180eg (2080 points).

Netbooks with anAMD C-50 processor, such as theAsus Eee PC 1015B, (1336 points) lag behind our test device.

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System Performance

We analyzed the Aspire One D270’south system performance with Futuremark’due southPCMark Vantage and PCMark 7. Thearrangement refused to work in the “Boob tube and Movies” department of PCMark Vantage. Consequently, the netbook simply managed 1133 points making a fair comparing impossible.

With 668 points, Acer’s netbook finds itself at the far bottom of our benchmark database in PCMark 7. Fifty-fifty the olderAcer Aspire One 722 netbook with anAMD C-fifty processor and aRadeon HD 6250 hitting 747 points. Only netbooks with anAtom N570 processor, such every bit theAsus EEE PC 1015PX (580 points) are weaker than our test device.

Subjectively, the netbook feels slow an unresponsive. Office apps take a long time to open, folio loading is sluggish especially with multiple tabs open up, and more than basic multitasking is all merely impossible.

Hard Drive Test

The D270 uses a 320 GB, 5400rpm Western DigitalWD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0. The drive manages an average transfer charge per unit of 33.7 MB/s in HDTune, making it 1 of the
slower
netbook drives. The x.1 inchHP Mini 5103-WK472EA, for case, comes with a Toshiba MK2556GSY (250 GB, 7200 rpm) and scores 82.9 MB/due south in the same test.

Adding an SSD would certainly aid performance, but as noted above the D270 is awkward to work in: merely experienced upgraders should endeavor to modify the factory hardware.

Graphics

Since the Aspire One D270 only supports theoutdated DirectX 9, we had to omit 3DMark Vantage and 3DMark eleven in our graphics benchmarks. The D270 scored 772 points in Futuremark’s old3DMark 05 benchmarking software. For comparison, theRadeon Hard disk drive 6250-equippedAcer Aspire I 722-C52kk pulled 2656 points.

3DMark 06 results are even more than dire: the D270 scores 276 points – not as bad as
GMA 3150 machines similar theAsus EEE PC 1015PX (164 points), but far below the
AMD Radeon HD 6250 netbooks similar theAsus Eee PC 1015B at 1480 points.

System Racket

The small, built-in fan of the Acer Aspire One D270 ishardly audible in Role use. Our measured rates were between 31.half-dozen dB (A) and 31.8 dB (A). The netbook also remains pleasantly quiet nether load. Our measured maximum was a very good 33.3 dB (A) – noticeable, simply not distracting.

Noise Level

Idle		31.half dozen / 31.half dozen / 31.eight dB(A)
Load		31.7 / 33.3 dB(A)
	thirty dB silent 40 dB(A) audible l dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Voltcraft sl-320 (15 cm altitude)

Temperature

The D270 idles practically at room temperature. We measured a maximum of 26.5°C on the top, while the lesser as well stayed adequately absurd with a maximum of 29.3°C.

Even later on running at high load for several hours, we measured a maximum of 29.4°C on the top and 34°C on the bottom – still very cool. The processor ranconsistently at 1600 MHz without downclocking.

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The boilerplate temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 27.6 °C / 82 F, compared to the average of 29.viii °C / 86 F for the devices in the class Netbook.
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The maximum temperature on the upper side is 29.4 °C / 85 F, compared to the average of 33.1 °C / 92 F, ranging from 21.vi to 53.2 °C for the class Netbook.
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The lesser heats up to a maximum of 34 °C / 93 F, compared to the boilerplate of 36.6 °C / 98 F
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In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 25.iii °C / 78 F, compared to the device boilerplate of 29.8 °C / 86 F.
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The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 28 °C / 82.4 F and are therefore cool to the bear on.

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The boilerplate temperature of the palmrest expanse of similar devices was 29.3 °C / 84.vii F (+1.3 °C / ii.3 F).

Speakers

The built-in speakers aretypical netbook fare. Decent treble, merely nonexistent bass. Max book, at to the lowest degree, is enough for personal listening. Of course, external speakers can be connected via the HDMI port or the 3.v mm jack.

Ability Consumption

Intel specifies aTDP of three.5 watts for the installedAtom N2600 processor. We measured a maximum power consumption of 7.5 watts from the wall under light load (vs. 12.ii watts in the olderAcer Aspire One 522). Fifty-fifty nether heavy load, nosotros measured just 10.3 watts (Acer Aspire One 522: 22 watts). These measured rates areaccented peak values which should yield great bombardment life. The included 40 watt power adapter is more than sufficient.

Battery Runtime

One of the most important criteria in netbooks is battery life. The D270 has a fairly standard 6-jail cell battery rated at 49 watt hours which we put to the test with BatteryEater.

We ran Reader’s test offset, using Energy Saver style with Bluetooth and wifi disabled and brightness at minimum. The netbook lasted a solidix hours and 36 minutes in this test.

In amore realistic test, we enabled wifi and set the effulgence to 150 cd/m² to simulate normal surfing beliefs. The netbook lasted 8 hours and 24 minutes.

The low power consumption during load is impressive and is reason enough to perform theBatteryEater Archetype exam. For this test, we selected the high functioning profile, enabled both wifi and Bluetooth, and prepare the effulgence level to maximum. The result was remarkable: The Acer Aspire One D270 ran for v hours and 44 minutes. For comparison, theAcer Aspire Ane 522 shut down after only iii hours and 21 minutes in this examination. The Acer Aspire Ane D270 even delivers the same performance on bombardment power as in Air conditioning manner – nifty!

Battery Runtime

The Acer Aspire One D270 won’t print anyone with its performance. Intel’s newN2600 processor is only slightly faster than the oldCantlet N550 – plenty for basic Office work, spider web surfing, and music and (standard definition) movies, but that’s about it.

The D270 does score a win with itsimpressive battery life, particularly under load (344 minutes). Other major benefits include Bluetooth 4.0, great thermals and racket levels, and a non-glare screen with just plenty effulgence to exist functional outdoors.

The netbook-standard 10.1 inch screen, with its low 1024 ten 600 resolution and poor contrast, is a crippling disability for all but the virtually basic of tasks. The onboard Intel graphics is another sore spot, particularly with the availability of far more capable E-series processors from AMD. Netbooks based on E-series chips, such equally theAsus Eee PC 1015B, provide better performance at the cost of moderately lower battery life.

You lot know the tradeoff: if the standard limitations of a netbook – chiefly the poor, low-res screen and paltry performance, are deal-breakers for y’all, the D270 and Cedar Trail platform will do null to change your listen. Simply if you tin live with those limitations, the D270 is an excellent contender for EUR 300 ($400 USD).

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