DVD playback under PowerMizer "Maximum Power Savings." Not so during games. Here the processor load drops almost to one-half with the "Maximum Power Savings" setting. As shown a while ago, the maximum attainable frame rates also drop. Processor load with games...

rates, the ultimate gaming experience will allow these at super-high resolutions and quality settings. After all, there's no point in having a bunch of processor power in a gaming system unless you have the graphics to back it up! Dell chose two GeForce 8800...

from Alienware and Eurocom. Can they perform well enough to replace your desktop?. 3D Games Doom 3 Doom 3 gets a big boost from Alienware’s SLI configuration, but Eurocom’s single graphics processor makes the game playable at the screens’ native 1920x1200...

The Graphics Processor Can Be Upgraded, But Be Careful. 3d gaming notebooks all. If you believe graphics card and notebook platform vendors, nearly every notebook with a discrete graphics processor available today is suitable for PC gaming. We look at four...

• -Summary And Conclusions
• -System Temperatures And Noise Levels While Gaming
• -Gaming Battery Lifetimes

of 32 bits at a resolution of 320x240 pixels. Based on the results under Quake3, it's quite clear that even the quickest notebook processor is unable to contribute anything to game performance if the graphics are not up to snuff. Because the performance level...

L2 cache. Games Direct X9 Far Cry As far as graphics quality goes, Far Cry is surely one of the most advanced 3-D shoot'em-ups. The price that this exacts from those who want the most out of this game is large outlays for the processor and graphics cards....

graphically capable notebooks perform on a series of gaming and other tests. Then read our conclusions and recommendations.. As our tests have shown, gaming on a notebook with few limitations is possible only when that device incorporates a graphics processor...