10. Graphics

Here are the 3DMark05 graphics test results.

The Qosmio, with its Nvidia GE Force Go 6600 GPU has a slight edge on the Fujitsu N6410 and its ATI X1400 GPU. This is true at both 1024 x 768 and 1400 x 900. Though neither notebook will blow away a serious desktop gaming PC, there should be enough power here to satisfy most gamers and multimedia fans.

Though our mobile computer gaming graphics tests are not quite ready for prime time, just for fun I did try playing a couple of games on the N6410. With both F.E.A.R and Call of Duty 2 the action was fast and smooth even in areas with complex textures, lighting and shadows. I even tried Call of Duty 2 with Activision's patch for Core Duo CPUs. At least on the N6410 the patch proved buggy. If I let the game optimize settings, the computer froze. Playing the game with the patch in place I didn't sense a significant increase in performance, but it's difficult to think about performance differences when you're trying to outwit and kill a skillful enemy. Soon we'll have some timed tests that measure frames/second performance using games like Call of Duty 2 with a variety of processor types.