17. SPECViewPerf

We wanted to get a feel for the performance difference in optimizations between the drivers for the test system and the A31p. Of course, the A31p features an ISV certified driver, which should give an edge on this test, and it did. Of course, when NVIDIA releases the Quadro4Go, this test will have more meaning. In the meantime, as we showed you in our testing of the A31p, it would appear that a more balanced approach to optimizing the driver has been taken by ATI. For this reason, if you run a lot of apps that are targeted for this kind of performance, looking at the Radeon Mobility 7500 might make a little more sense. On the other hand, the GeForce4 Go isn't optimized to run these kind of tests and leaves this stuff to the Quadro4Go. PowerMizer didn't seem to make much of a difference with this test either. You can gain some additional power conservation in the max battery life mode for a very small performance hit.