By
Harald Thon,
published on August 18, 2005
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: gigabyte, w511a, is, a, multimedia, notebook, at, an, attractive, price | Themes: Business Notebooks
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: gigabyte, w511a, is, a, multimedia, notebook, at, an, attractive, price | Themes: Business Notebooks
Contents
- 1. What's Good, What's Not So Good?
- 2. Case And Connections
- 3. Battery In The Back, Connections On The Right And In The Front
- 4. Audio: Line-in Input And Digital Audio Output On The Front
- 5. Bag And Mouse Included
- 6. Graphics, Display, & Sound
- 7. Keyboard & Other Operational Elements
- 8. OSD: E-mail For You!
- 9. Special Functions: IR Remote Control And Instant-on AV Player
- 10. Noise Level: Loud Is OK, But Only From The Speakers, Please!
- 11. Benchmarks And Settings
- 12. Test Candidates
- 13. Games
- 14. DirectX 9
- 15. Video
- 16. Synthetic Benchmarks
- 17. System Performance Sysmark2004: Fast, Despite "Old" DDR333 Memory
- 18. Rechargeable Battery Tests
- 19. Charging Time
- 20. Summary: Quick Multimedia Notebook With Super Equipment But Weaknesses In The Details
- 21. More on this topic
17. System Performance Sysmark2004: Fast, Despite "Old" DDR333 Memory
The Sysmark 2004 results for the W511A clearly show that conclusions such as "the Sonoma platform is only able to deploy its full potential performance in dual channel mode and with DDR2 random access memory" are more mythology than reality. The W511A is only equipped with "slow" DDR333 memory for cost reasons, but its performance still steals the show from its competitors, which use power-saving DDR2 memories.
Despite the new Intel 915M chipset, only "old" DDR333 memory
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