By
Harald Thon,
published on May 7, 2003
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: going, mobile | Themes: Business Notebooks
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: going, mobile | Themes: Business Notebooks
Contents
- 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
16. MP3 Encoding: Lame
In this test, the Lame MP3 encoder encodes a 178 MB WAV file into MP3 format. The time the processor needs for encoding is measured.


Once again, the results confirm the superiority of the Pentium-M. However, the low-voltage Athlon XP-M plugs along respectably, considering its architecture.
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