Test Setup
By
Uwe v.d. Weyden,
published on February 5, 2001
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: ati, releases, mobility, radeon
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: ati, releases, mobility, radeon
Contents
- 1. ATi Releases Mobility RADEON
- 2. Waiting For Arrival
- 3. RADEON Gets Mobile
- 4. RADEON Gets Mobile, Continued
- 5. Simulating Mobility RADEON
- 6. The Family Bands Of GeForce2Go
- 7. An Overview Of Current Mobile Graphics Chips
- 8. Test Setup
- 9. MDK2
- 10. Mercedes Benz Truck Racing
- 11. Quake 3 Arena
- 12. Conclusion
8. Test Setup
| Chip | Core
clock MHz |
Memory clock MHz | Memory Size | Memory Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulated Mobility RADEON | 183 | 183 | 32 MB | DDR SDRAM |
| Geforce2 MX | 175 | 166 | 32 MB | SDRAM |
| Simulated Geforce2 GO | 143 | 166 | 32 MB | SDRAM |
| Savage/MX | 100 | 100 | 8 MB | SDRAM |
The S3 Savage/MX chip is one of the fastest graphic chips available and represents a shipping notebook solution. This chip is about 1 year old and will soon be replaced by 'Twister'.
This is the graphics solution found inside the ASUS L8400B Notebook .
The complete Setup looks like this.
| Desktop-System | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium III 750MHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS CUSL2 |
| Memory | Workx 128 MB CAS2 SDRAM |
| HDD | IBM DTLA 307030 |
| VGA ATI | ATI Radeon VE, 32 MB DDR |
| VGA Geforce2MX | ASUS AGP-V7100, 32 MB SDRAM |
| Notebook-System | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium III 750MHz Speedstep |
| Notebook | ASUS L8400B |
| Memory | 192 MB SDRAM |
| HDD | IBM Travelstar DJSA-220 |
| VGA S3 | Savage/MX, 8 MB SDRAM |
| Software | |
| Operating System | Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222A |
| DirectX Version | 7.0 |
| Nvidia Driver | 6.47 |
| ATI Driver | D7.20-01176-129C-ATI |
| S3 Driver | 4.12.01-7009-7.13.08 |
| Settings | |
| Screen Resolution | 1024x768, 60Hz |
| Graphics Benchmarks | |
| MDK2 | Downloadable Demo Version
T&L On, trilinear, high texture detail |
| Mercedes Benz Truck Racing | Triple buffering, reflections, bright mode, hires textures, alpha textures, all filters |
| Quake III Arena | Retail Version 1.11
command line = +set s_initsound 0 + set cd_nocd 1 |
I focused on 3D tests only. The refresh rate is set to 60Hz, which is typical for notebook flat panels. The BX chipset of the L8400B Notebook is very old. New notebooks designs will most likely utilise a modern chipset in combination with those graphic chips.
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