By
Tom's Guide Team,
published on August 29, 2007
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: two, middle, weight, gaming, notebooks | Themes: Laptops and Notebooks
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: two, middle, weight, gaming, notebooks | Themes: Laptops and Notebooks
Contents
7. Benchmark Setup
Hardware Configuration
| Test Configuration | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Alienware | Eurocom |
| Model | Area-51 m9750 | M570RU |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo T7600
2.20 GHz, 4 MB L2-Cache, FSB800 |
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
2.33 GHz, 4 MB L2-Cache, FSB667 |
| Motherboard | Alienware | Clevo M570RU |
| BIOS | AMI W8350F02 (05/03/07) | Phoenix 5.71.22.51.09 (07/11/07) |
| Chipset | Mobile 945PM Express/ICH7-M | Mobile PM965 Express/ICH8-M |
| Memory | 2 GB (2x 1 GB) 667MHz DDR2
CAS 5-5-5-15 |
4 GB (2x 2 GB) 800MHz DDR2
CAS 5-5-5-15 |
| Graphics controller | 2x nVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI
GPU: 575 MHz RAM: 700 MHz |
nVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX
GPU: 575 MHz RAM: 700 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 2x Seagate ST9160823AS RAID 0
160 GB, SATA300, 8 MB Cache |
Seagate ST9160823AS
160 GB, SATA300, 8 MB Cache |
| Software | ||
| OS | Windows XP Pro SP2 | Windows Vista Ultimate |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) | 10.0 |
| Platform Driver | 8.2.0.1014 | 8.3.0.1013 |
| Graphics Driver | NVidia ForceWare 94.23 | NVidia ForceWare 101.34 |
Test Software
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D-Games | |
| F.E.A.R | Version: 1.0 Retail
Video Mode: 1024x768 Computer: Maximum Graphics: Maximum-Custom-No Softshadows Test Path: Options/Performance/Test Settings |
| Doom 3 | Version: 1.3
Video Mode: 1024x768 Graphics: High Test: Time Demo 1 |
| Oblivion | Version: 1.0 Retail
Video Mode: 1024x768 Graphics: High, 4xAA Test: Inside & Outside save files |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to mp3 160 kbps |
| OGG | Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)
Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to ogg Quality: 5 |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version: 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)
fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9 Multithreading by rendering |
| DivX 6.1 | Version: 6.1
Profile: High Definition Profile 1-pass, 3000 kbit/s Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading no Audio |
| XviD 1.1.0 | Version: 1.1.0 Beta 2
Target quantizer: 1.00 |
| Applications | |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max | Version: 8.0
Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig" rendering HTDV 1920x1080 & 1280x720 |
| Synthetics | |
| SPECviewperf 9 | Version: 9.0.3 |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version: 1.1.0
System, CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| 3DMark05 | Version: 1.2
System Test Only |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2005 | Version 2005.7.10.60
CPU Test = Arithmetic, Multimedia Benchmarks Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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