8. Benchmarks Under Windows XP

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Not being ones to break with THG tradition, we used a combination of synthetic and real benchmarks for this test.

Drivers and Software
Graphics Driver	S3 6.13.01.1104-13.93.65
DirectX	Version: 8.1 (4.08.01.0810)
OS	Windows XP Pro, Build 2600 SP1
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III Arena, Patch V1.16	640x480 - 16 bit / 1024 x 768 - 32 bit Timedemo, demo001 command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 Graphics detail = Normal
PCMark 2002 Pro Pack - Build 100	CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra Standard 2003	CPU MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic / Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
Sysmark 2002	Version 1.0
3D Mark 2001SE	Version 1.1 - Build 340 - Patch Build 330/ Default Benchmark
POV-Ray for Windows	Version 3.5/ Chess2 640x480 AA:0.3
Lame - Version 3.92	32 bit DOS-Prompt, 178 MB Wave File, 44100 Hz 32 - 320 kbit sampling

We measured battery run-down time in three different real-world scenarios in order to simulate typical user behavior:

Presentation: a presentation is repeated continuously until the battery is fully drained; DVD playback: a DVD video is played until the battery is empty; Gaming: a demo is run in an endless loop.

We also ran the synthetic battery benchmark MobileMark2002. In the battery benchmarks, we set the display brightness to 100 candelas per square meter.