It's easy to see the difference that the GeForce Go 7900 GS makes when you compare the p105's performance to the Alienware Area-51 5550i with a GeForce Go 7600 graphics processor. The 3DMark05 score for the 5550i at 1024x768 (4xAA and 8xAF) was 1436. On t
The measure of a good gaming notebook is graphics results that can scale all the way from 1024x768 to the larger resolution of 1440x900 and still be solid. A great gaming notebook can do the same trick, but with AA and AF turned on.
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 at 2.00GHz is a fast chip but it's not the fastest that Intel makes. In comparison the T7600 at 2.3 GHz that we recently tested in the Alienware Area-51 m5550i scored 5718 in this category.
This is yet another impressive mark for this notebook. Though again it's a bit shy of the Alienware Area-51 m5550i that was configured with an equivalent amount of RAM and which scored 4295 in this test. In comparison to its Tecra M7 and A8 cousins though
The hard drive performance of this unit is not spectacular. Then again at only 4200 RPM it is somewhat underpowered in comparison to a 7200 RPM drive that most high end gaming rigs would include.
At 264 the productivity benchmark performance score of the p105-S9330 is at the top of the curve. The Alienware m5550i scored only a 196 in this category, while with the Tecra A8 (Intel Core 2 Duo T2400 1.833GHz) we reported a 231.
No one expects a gaming notebook to actually be a viable unplugged device for long right? That's not the case with this notebook. At 2:58 this notebook is comparable with its office focused cousins the Tecra M7 and A8 which might last only 10 or so minute
At just over 2 hours, you'll likely be able to squeeze in one of your favorite feature length flicks.
If you want to test a gaming notebook, you've got to test games. These numbers are not earth shattering but still very solid for game play.
Even with the intense demands of AA, this notebook still holds up.
In comparison to hard core gaming notebooks like the Killer Executioner (133 @ 1024x768) or Widow Sting 517D (139 @1024x768). The Satellite p105 isn't quite up to snuff. To be fair, both the Executioner and the Sting had faster CPU's and the faster GeForc
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