Benchmarks And Settings
- 1. HP/Compaq Means Business With Its Latest Notebook
- 2. Case And Connectivity
- 3. More Juice From Down Below - The Secondary Battery
- 4. Interfaces And Ports Are Clearly Labeled
- 5. Graphics & Display: The Ambient Light Sensor Helps Conserve Energy
- 6. VGA And TV Output
- 7. Audio: Good Sound, But Bad Microphone Placement
- 8. Noise
- 9. Sophisticated Security And Support Concept, Continued
- 10. Test Candidates
- 11. Benchmarks And Settings
- 12. Games
- 13. Direct X9
- 14. Video
- 15. Synthetic Benchmarks
- 16. System Performance: Sysmark 2004
- 17. Battery Tests
- 18. Charging Times
- 19. Conclusion
11. Benchmarks And Settings
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| OpenGL | |
| Quake III Team Arena | Version 1.32
1024x768 - 32 bit Timedemo1 / demo thg3 custom timedemo Graphics detail = High Quality |
| Doom III | Version: 1.1
1024x768 - 32 bit Video Quality = High Quality |
| DirectX 8 | |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version: 3255
1280 x 1024 / 32 bit / Audio = off 1024 x 768 / 32 bit / Audio = off THG8-assault-single |
| DirectX 9 | |
| 3DMark03 | Version 3.6.0
1024 x 786 - 32 bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
| FarCry | Version 1.1 Build 1256
1024 x 768 - 32 bit (light) 1024 x 768 - 32 bit (w/o light) qualtity options = low |
| 3DMark05 | Version 1.1
1024 x 786 - 32 bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
| Video | |
| Mainconcept MPEG Encoder | Version: 1.4.2
1.2 GB DV to MPEG II (720x576, Audio) converting |
| Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus | Version: 9.1.2
from: 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB to: 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD no Audio |
| Auto Gordian Knot
DivX 5.2 XviD 1.0.2 |
Version: 2.05 Beta
Audio = AC3 6ch Custom size = 100 MB Resulution settings = Fixed width Codec = XviD and DivX 5 Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192 182 MB VOB MPEG2-source |
| Windows Media Encoder | Version: 9.00.00.2980
720x480 DV to WMV 320x240 (29.97 fps) 282 kbps streaming |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.79 Alpha 2
Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp3 32 - 320 kbit VBR = level 3 |
| Applications | |
| Winrar | Version 3.42
283 MB, 246 Files Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB |
| Sysmark 2004 | Patch 2
1024x768 - 32 bit |
| Synthetic | |
| PCMark 2004 Pro | Version: 1.2.0
CPU and Memory Tests |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2004 | Version 2004.10.9.89
CPU Test = MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
| Other | |
| Windows Media Player 10 | Version: 10.00.00.36.46 |
We compared the results achieved by the HP Compaq nc8230 in our performance benchmarks with those of the units from our previous widescreen notebook comparison, as well as those of the two devices from the DIY notebook project. These last two are supposed to demonstrate for which applications mobile PCs with integrated graphics are completely sufficient. Both of them, the Uniwill 223IIo00 and Dell's Latitude D610, are based on Intel chipsets with integrated graphics units, namely the AGP chipset i855GME and its PCIe successor, the i915GM.
In addition to these performance benchmarks, we also measured the run time of the batteries. The measurements were taken under several scenarios, with the battery fully charged before each run. The first test ran a typical office application, the second used a game and the third consisted of looped DVD playback. Each test was continued until the battery ran out of power.
Finally, we also measured how long it takes to fully recharge the battery when the notebook is in use. Here, we kept the office application running in a loop until our program indicated that the charging process had been completed. To simulate a heavy workload, we let our game test loop until our tool once again indicated the battery was charged.
To make the results comparable between the notebooks, we set the brightness on all units to a fixed value of about 100 cd/m².
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