5. The Innards Of The Test Notebook
Inside of this notebook, of course covered by a complex heat sink and fan combo (picture below), we find AMD's new Mobile Athlon XP ("Thoroughbred," .13 micron process) as well as ATi's Radeon IGP320M (code name "U1"). In the bottom left corner you see the lower half of the chipset southbridge, which is an ALi 1535+, connected to the IGP via the PCI bus.
I actually tested the 'Thoroughbred' Athlon XP in a desktop system to see how it compares to the current Athlon XP processors based on the "Palomino" core. I am afraid that there is absolutely no performance difference! The new "Thoroughbred" is only running a lot cooler than "Palomino."
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5. The Innards Of The Test Not...
- 1. Market Share Vs. Market Awareness
- 2. The Current Situation
- 3. The Specifications Of Radeon IGP320M
- 4. The Test Notebook
- 5. The Innards Of The Test Notebook
- 6. The Other Test Candidates
- 7. The Other Test Candidates, Continued
- 8. The Benchmark Setup
- 9. Sandra Memory Performance
- 10. PCMark 2002 Processor Score
- 11. Application Level Benchmarks
- 12. 3D Benchmarks
- 13. Quake 3 Arena
- 14. Batterymark Scores
- 15. DVD Playback Battery Rundown Test
- 16. Impact Of Allocated Frame Buffer Size On 3D Performance
- 17. Conclusion - Radeon IGP320M Is The Chipset Of Choice For Mobile Athlon XP