By
Harald Thon,
published on January 2, 2003
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: amd, power, in, a, notebook | Themes: Business Notebooks
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: amd, power, in, a, notebook | Themes: Business Notebooks
Contents
- 1. AMD Power In A Notebook: Mobile Athlon XP
- 2. Powernow = The Power You Need, Consistency + Least Possible Energy Use
- 3. Windows XP: Connection Between Energy Diagrams And Powernow
- 4. Test Configuration: Compaq EvoN1015v
- 5. Easy On The Eyes - And The Ears: VGA, Video Output And Sound System
- 6. Synthetic Benchmarks
- 7. Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
- 8. 3D Performance
- 9. Application Benchmarks
- 10. Mobilemark 2002
- 11. More on this topic
9. Application Benchmarks
Raytracing: POV-Ray For Windows
In this area, the Evo with mobile AMD Athlon XP CPU beats notebooks with mobile P4-m processors of much higher clock rates hands down: a P4-m 1.8 GHz needs about a minute longer for this task.
MP3 Encoding: Lame
Fast encoding of WAV files into MP3 format also belongs to the array of benchmarks.
Battery Tests
Battery Life While Playing, Presenting And Running DVDs
Battery life under various operating conditions proves how thrifty the machine is with the energy of its 65.1-Wh battery. When not being used for excessive gaming, the machine reveals itself to be an absolute workhorse.
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