Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: going, mobile | Themes: Business Notebooks
- 1. Low-Voltage Athlon XP-M: The Alternative For Thin And Light Notebooks?
- 2. Pros, Cons And Prices: What The CPUs Offer, And How Much They Cost
- 3. Pros, Cons And Prices: What The CPUs Offer, And How Much They Cost, Continued
- 4. Pros, Cons And Prices: What The CPUs Offer, And How Much They Cost, Continued
- 5. The Test Candidates At A Glance
- 6. The Rivals On The Outside
- 7. The Rivals On The Outside, Continuted
- 8. ... And From The Inside: Elaborate Cooling Systems
- 9. ... And From The Inside: Elaborate Cooling Systems, Continued
- 10. ... And From The Inside: Elaborate Cooling Systems, Continued
- 11. Benchmarks In Windows XP
- 12. Sisoft Sandra 2002 Benchmarks: CPU, Multimedia And Memory
- 13. Sisoft Sandra 2002 Benchmarks: CPU, Multimedia And Memory, Continued
- 14. Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
- 15. Raytracing: POV-Ray For Windows
- 16. MP3 Encoding: Lame
- 17. 3D Performance
- 18. Open GL Games: Quake 3 Arena
- 19. System Performance: Sysmark 2002
- 20. Battery Tests
- 21. Mobile Mark2002
- 22. More on this topic
11. Benchmarks In Windows XP
In keeping with THG tradition, the test is made up of a mix of synthetic and real benchmarks.
| Drivers and Software | |
|---|---|
| Graphics Driver | ATI 6.13.10.6064 |
| DirectX | Version: 8.1 (4.08.01.0810) |
| OS | Windows XP Pro, Build 2600 SP1 (English) |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| SiSoftware Sandra Standard 2003 | CPU MultiMedia/ CPU Arithmetic/ Memory Bandwidth Benchmark |
| PCMark 2002 Pro Pack - Build 100 | CPU and Memory Tests |
| 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 |
| 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
32 - 320 kbit sampling |
| Sysmark 2002 | Version 1.0 |
| MobileMark 2002 | Version 1.0 |
We take measurements of battery life under three different circumstances, in order to reflect typical user behavior. In the first scenario, we run a presentation in a continuous loop. This is roughly the user behavior of the modern business traveler, who gives frequent presentations to clients. Those who are on the road frequently look to DVD videos for diversion while sitting in their hotel room or the airport lounge. Anyone who has a mobile PC with serious battery life is in good shape in a situation like this. The last task takes into account users who are gamers.
A demo of a game is our test scenario here. The demo is repeated until there's no more juice.
We also used the MobileMark 2002 synthetic battery test. For the battery benchmarks, we set the display brightness to 100 candelas per square meter.
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