Mobile Roundup: A Trio of Midrange Laptops
by Jarred Walton on September 17, 2008 3:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Test Setup
Below are the tested configurations for the three laptops included in this roundup. We have also added results from the Gateway P-7811 in all tests as a point of reference (with other results from previously tested laptops in non-gaming benchmarks). The P-7811 is priced similarly to the AVADirect and Acer notebooks, and as we will see it offers vastly superior performance in quite a few instances - particularly games. Of course, it's also quite a bit larger than these other notebooks. On paper it's a 17" notebook compared to 15.4" and 16" offerings, but it's one of the widest and deepest 17" chassis we've encountered.
| Acer 6920G (6920-6422) Test System | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.50GHz 6MB 800FSB) |
| Memory | 2x2048MB Hyundai Electronics DDR2-667 |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS 512MB Driver version 175.61 (from Acer) |
| Display | 16.0" 1080P (1920x1080) Glossy Samsung LTN160HT-A02 |
| Hard Drive | 250GB 5400RPM 8MB Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS-22UST0 |
| Optical Drive | BD-ROM/DVDR (Optiarc BC-5500A) |
| Battery | 8-Cell 71Whr |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit |
| AVADirect Compal IFL90 Test System | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.50GHz 6MB 800FSB) |
| Memory | 2x1024MB Kingston DDR2-667 |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT 512MB Driver version 176.15 (from LaptopVideo2Go.com) |
| Display | 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680x1050) Glossy Chi Mei Optoelectronics N154Z1-L02 |
| Hard Drive | 200GB 7200RPM 8MB Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9200420AS |
| Optical Drive | 8x DVDR SuperMulti (Optiarc AD-7530A) |
| Battery | 9-Cell 80Whr |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit |
| Gateway M-152XL Test System | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T8300 (2.40GHz 3MB 800FSB) |
| Memory | 1x2048MB + 1x1024MB Hyundai Electronics DDR2-667 |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 512MB Driver version Catalyst 8.8 (via Mobility Modder .NET) |
| Display | 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) Glossy Samsung LTN154AT-A01 |
| Hard Drive | 160GB 7200RPM (Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9160823AS) |
| Optical Drive | 8x DVDR SuperMulti Slot-load (TSSTcorp TS-T632A) |
| Battery | 9-Cell 58Whr |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit |
For the gaming tests, it's also important to clarify that the Gateway M-152XL does not support resolutions above 1280x800. We connected the laptop to an external display in order to test at 1440x900 and 1680x1050, mostly because we wanted to show how the Radeon Mobility HD 2600 compares to the GeForce 8600M GT/9500M GS at other resolutions.
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JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - link
The same way as in http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=339...">previous articles, which is to say we ran the built-in test. It may not represent actual gameplay 100%, but that's not really possible with any benchmark of any game, since specific scenes/levels are always slower for faster. The idea is to show the relative performance of the laptops. If memory serves, the built-in performance test usually provided higher numbers than regular gameplay by 10-20%.bob4432 - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - link
did you have to unlock anything? the reason i ask is because when i run the benchmark test i get 63fps avg from an x1800xt to a 4850 to a 8800gtx to a 9800gtx @ 1280x1024 - 1680x105....rigs have 2-3GB of ram and are running from x2 4200s to e2160@3Ghz to a quad rigJarredWalton - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - link
You need to add the -novsync option to the command line argument.bob4432 - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - link
command line?JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - link
You'll need to manually create a shortcut to the game executable (RelicCOH.exe). Then right-click on the shortcut and choose properties. In the Shortcut tab, under target, add -novsync at the end of the line (after any quotes or other stuff). The 1.70 patch enabled VSYNC by default to provide a higher quality rendering experience, and the Readme file details the above command-line parameter.bob4432 - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - link
thanks for the info - ended up w/ 106fps avg w/ a decent o/c'd 4850, e2160@3GHz and 3GB ddr2-667, so i am happy w/ that. pretty impressed w/ that 7811fx machine. thinking of myself moving up to a 24" 1920x1200 lcd here in a couple days and figure that my next rig will be crossfire since i will probably need it but not too shabby for the price i paid for this current gpu. only thing is the damn heat output :)again, thanks