Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: gigabyte, w511a, is, a, multimedia, notebook, at, an, attractive, price | Themes: Business Notebooks
- 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
18. Rechargeable Battery Tests
Battery Life
The use of power-gulping DDR333 memory and the rapid cycling of the video memory come at a price. This becomes particularly obvious when the battery life of the W511A during gaming is directly compared to that of the Acer TM8103WLmi: the device from Gigabyte uses about thirty percent more power in this case. For Office users, the W511A, which is completely oriented to multimedia use, consumes only about ten percent more power. In combination with the relatively low capacity of the batteries chosen by the manufacturer, the result is that operation even using only Office leads to a rather modest battery life of exactly three hours.
| Gateway M460XLb | Acer TM8103WLMi | Dell Inspiron 6000d | HP Compaq nc8230 | Gigabyte W511A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery capacity | 134 Wh (Office, game)/95Wh(DVD) | 71 Wh | 53 Wh | 129 Wh | 65 Wh |
| Application | Power consumption | Power consumption | Power consumption | Power consumption | Power consumption |
| DVD | 31.7 W | 27.3 W | 32.4 W | 29.1 W | 36.8 W |
| office | 21.0 W | 20.1 W | 20.8 W | 18.1 W | 22.3 W |
| game | 42.1 W | 50.7 W | 46.8 W | 46.6 W | 65.0 W |
| DVD | 180 min | 156 min | 98 min | 266 min | 106 min |
| office | 382 min | 212 min | 153 min | 416 min | 175 min |
| game | 191 min | 84 min | 68 min | 166 min | 60 min |
The values in the above table clearly show the enormous spread in the performance of widescreen notebooks, depending on use scenarios, graphics subsystems and device types.
- Previous page System Performance Sysmark2004: Fast,...
- Next page Charging Time
