By
Harald Thon,
published on December 16, 2003
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: a, new, notebook, hosts, the, athlon64 | Themes: Business Notebooks
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: a, new, notebook, hosts, the, athlon64 | Themes: Business Notebooks
Contents
- 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
9. For Reference: Dell Inspiron 8600
We compared performance with Dell's Inspiron 8600.
| Dell Inspiron 8600 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Two-Spindle / All-In-One |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 357mm x 36mm x 276mm / 14.01" x 1.42" x 10.87" |
| Weight of unit | 3510g / 7.72lbs |
| Weight of charger and cable | 440 g / 0.97 lbs |
| Display Size | 15,4" |
| Display Resolution | 1920x1200 // WUXGA |
| CPU | Pentium-M 1.7 GHz |
| Memory Type | PC2700 DDR SDRAM |
| Amount of Memory | 512 MB |
| Chipset Northbridge | Intel 82855PM (MCH) |
| Chipset Southbridge | Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M |
| Graphics Controller | Nvidia Geforce FX Go5650 |
| Hard drive bay | 2.5", 9.5 mm height |
| Network | Broadcom 440x 10/100 MBit |
| WLAN-Adaptor | Dell Truemobile 1300 |
| Modem | PCTEL 2304WT V.92 MDC Modem |
| Audio | Sigma Tel C-Major |
| Battery Capacity | 72 Wh |
| Battery Weight | 470 g / 16.59 ounces |
| Pointing Device | Touchpad +Trackstick |
| DVD-/CD-R/RW-Drive | NEC ND-5100A |
| Harddisc | Fujitsu MHT2060AT PL ATA-6 60 GB/4200rpm/2 MB |
| PCcard Slot(s) | 1xtype II ( L) |
| Floppy Drive | No |
| USB ports | 2x USB 2.0 (2x B) |
| 1394 ports | 1x (L) |
| IR port | IrDA 1.1 (L) |
| Serial Ports | Yes (B) |
| Parallel Ports | Yes (B) |
| VGA out | Yes (B) |
| Keyboard/Mouse Connector | No |
| Headphone(Speaker-out)/Microphone | Yes(L)/Yes(L) |
| Video-In/Out | No/Yes ( B, S-Video ) |
| B=Backside, L=Left side, R=Right side, F=Front | |
Besides for a 1.7 GHz Pentium-M processor, a DirectX 9-compatible NVIDIA GeForce FX 5650 graphics chip and 128 MB of video memory, another feature of our test device was a 15.4" widescreen display with native resolution of 1920x1200 pixels (WUXGA). This means it's equally suitable as a mobile device for gamers and for DVD movie lovers. Dell delivered a Version 6.14.0010.4482 driver for the graphics subsystem.
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