6. Benchmarks Under Windows XP

Not being ones to break with tradition, we used a combination of synthetic and real benchmarks for this test.

Drivers and Software
Graphics Driver	ATI 6.13.10.6278
DirectX	Version: 8.1 (4.08.01.0810)
OS	Windows XP Pro, Build 2600 SP1
Benchmarks and Settings
SiSoftware Sandra 2003	CPU MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic / Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
PCMark 2002 Pro Pack - Build 100	CPU and Memory Tests
POV-Ray for Windows	Version 3.5/ Chess2 640x480 AA:0.3
Lame - Version 3.92	32 bit DOS-Prompt, 178 MB Wave File, 44100 Hz
3D Mark 2001SE	Version 1.1 - Build 340 - Patch Build 330/ Default Benchmark
Quake III Arena, Patch V1.16	640x480 - 16 bit / 1024 x 768 - 32 bit / 1280 x 1024 - 32 bit Timedemo, demo001 command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 Graphics detail = Normal
Sysmark 2002	Version 1.0
MobileMark2002	Version 1.0

We measured battery run-down time in three different scenarios in order to simulate typical user behavior:

Presentation (playing a presentation in a loop); DVD video playback (DVD playback in a loop); Gaming (game demo in an endless loop).

We also ran the synthetic battery benchmark MobileMark2002. In all the battery benchmarks, we set the display brightness to 100 candelas per square meter.