Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: a, new, notebook, hosts, the, athlon64 | Themes: Business Notebooks
- 1. 64 Bit Power In A Notebook: Mobile Athlon64 3000+
- 2. The Mobile Athlon64 Lined Up Against The Desktop Athlon64 And The Competition
- 3. Two Names For The Same Technology: PowerNow And Cool & Quiet
- 4. Two Names For The Same Technology: PowerNow And Cool & Quiet, Continued
- 5. A Large L2 Cache Isn't All Roses
- 6. Test Setup: Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD
- 7. The Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD In Images
- 8. Benchmarks
- 9. For Reference: Dell Inspiron 8600
- 10. Synthetic Benchmarks
- 11. SisoftSandra 2003 Max3, Continued
- 12. Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
- 13. Application Benchmarks
- 14. Raytracing: POV-Ray For Windows
- 15. System Performance: Sysmark 2002
- 16. Battery Tests
- 17. Games Performance
- 18. DirectX 8: Unreal Tournament 2003
- 19. OpenGL: Quake III Team Arena
- 20. DirectX9: Aquamark 3
- 21. DirectX 8: Splintercell
- 22. Is 800 MHz Enough To Play On?
- 23. Conclusion
- 24. More on this topic
6. Test Setup: Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD
Yakumo sent THG one of its first series models for the test. In Europe it goes under the model name of Q8M Power64 XD.
| Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD | |
|---|---|
| Type | Two-Spindle |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 333mm x 47mm x 285mm
13.1" x 1.85" x 11.2" |
| Weight of unit | 3985g / 8.77lbs |
| Weight of charger and cable | 735g / 1.62lbs |
| Display Size | TFT-15" |
| Display Resolution | 1024x786 / XGA |
| CPU | Athlon 64 Mobile 3000+ |
| Memory Type | PC2100 DDR SDRAM CL2.5 |
| Amount of Memory | 512 MB |
| Chipset Northbridge | K8T800 |
| Chipset Southbridge | VT8235 |
| Graphics Controller | MR9600 64 MB DDR 200MHz /350MHz (memory/core) |
| Hard drive bay | 2.5", 9.5mm height |
| Ethernet | VIA compatible 10/100 MBit |
| Bluetooth-Radio | No |
| Modem | Smart Link 56k |
| Audio | C-Media AC97 |
| Battery Capacity | 97.68 Wh |
| Battery Weight | 675g / 23.83ounces |
| Pointing Device(s) | Touchpad |
| DVD-/CD-R/RW-Drive | Panasonic UJ815 A 2x/1x8x/16x8x24xDVD
-R/-RW//CD-R/-RW (Multi-DVD)+2x DVD-RAM |
| Harddisc | Seagate Momentus ST94011A ATA-6 40 GB/5400rpm/2 MB |
| PC-Card Slot(s) | 1x type II (R) |
| Floppy Drive | No |
| USB ports | 4x USB 2.0 (R,B) |
| 1394 ports | 1x (F) |
| IR port | Yes (F) |
| Serial Ports | No |
| Parallel Ports | Yes (B) |
| VGA out | Yes (B) |
| PS/2-Connector | No |
| Headphone/Microphone/ Line In Connector | Yes/Yes/No (F) |
| Video-In/Out | No/Yes (S-Video) |
| Extras | 4 in 1 Cardreader (F) |
| B=Back side, F=Front, L=Left side, R=Right Side | |
As our research revealed, the device is based on a barebone by the Taiwanese manufacturer Mitac. In the U.S., the notebook models 8350 from Sunrex and Hyperdata and the Aviator AX6 from Hypersonic are based on the same barebone.
While Sunrex, Hyperdata (model 8350) and Hypersonic (Aviator AX6) have only announced their models, VooddooPC's system (Envy M:855) is shipping.
With the Mobile Athlon64-3000+, the Q8M Power64 XD not only has a thoroughly modern processor, but with ATI's MR9600/64 MB, it now has a very fast DirectX 9-compatible graphics solutions and with the Momentus ST94011A from Seagate, a fast hard drive, too. The device is in fact more like a desktop: Including the battery, it weighs in at almost 4 kg (8.77 lbs) with the charger adding a further 0.74 kg (1.62 lbs).
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