Benchmark Results: Gaming And Multimedia
Anything less than the E-350 yields unsatisfactory performance. The single-core E-240 actually turns out to be the worst performer, despite having a faster clock speed than the C-50.
Even at lower resolutions, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is essentially unplayable. We benchmarked using medium settings, but this didn't result in scores greater than 20 FPS for HP's dm1z. Performance on the NV51B08u and the C655D is so poor that, no matter how low you set the quality, you duck in under 10 FPS.
Left 4 Dead 2 offers some relief for the under-powered 15.6" NV51B08u and C655D. When we dial everything down to 1024x768 using Medium quality settings, the dm1z and NV51B08u start to perform better, though the C655D scores pitifully when compared to the NV51B08u. Again, it's better to have a C-50 than an E-240.
We were unable to benchmark on anything higher than the Fair setting in World of Warcraft because the game requires a dual-core processor for higher presets. But if you use a netbook like the dm1z, you'll have few complaints. The quality isn't stunning, but lower settings are suitable for smaller screens, such as HP's dm1z.
On a 15.6" notebook, higher-detail settings make more sense, but they're unavailable to the single-core Zacate- and Ontario-powered notebooks like the C655D. However, even at lower settings, the E-240 turns out frame rates below 20 FPS. This is still about 30% less than the performance you'll get out of the E-350, which tells you something about how CPU-limited this game can be. Turning up the quality on Gateway's NV51B08u drastically lowers performance. Anything above 1024x768 and Fair quality is almost out of the question for those who want performance around 30 FPS.
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one-shot I ordered a Lenovo X120e E350 4GB RAM Win 7 Pro for $529. Lenovo's build quality and matte screen made the deal for me. Personally, I think the DM1Z is hideous.Reply -
hp79 Yeah, I also had a lenovo x120e. Build quality is excellent on those. I wasn't impressed with the performance too much though. It's was little bit slower than my thinkpad x61t core2duo L7500 which was from 4 years ago. But video playback was really smooth. It played 1080p mkv videos with only 30% cpu usage.Reply
Since I got my x120e with e-350 for $305, I eventually sold mine for a small profit.
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bobdozer The D525 can only go toe-to-toe with the 3-350 if you only look at the results of multi-threaded benchmarks.Reply
Use the D525 then use the E-350 and you will not go back to the D525 and it will be obvious why. -
juliom Impressive how much bias Tom's has these days... E-350 performs quite a bit better than Atom in pure CPU power and don't even get me started on the GPU performance. All in just ONE chip! As much as it hurts you Tom's, Brazos is a much, much better platform than Atom is.Reply -
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acku 9512452 said:Impressive how much bias Tom's has these days... E-350 performs quite a bit better than Atom in pure CPU power and don't even get me started on the GPU performance. All in just ONE chip! As much as it hurts you Tom's, Brazos is a much, much better platform than Atom is.
9512451 said:The D525 can only go toe-to-toe with the 3-350 if you only look at the results of multi-threaded benchmarks.
Use the D525 then use the E-350 and you will not go back to the D525 and it will be obvious why.
I'll admit that is a bit of stinging indictment. :) Can't we play nice? But I understand the sentiment. I really was after the point that the E-350 isn't all that different from the D525/Ion2 combo. It is better in graphics but in terms of CPU it is probably the closest to SU3700. And to be fair, many applications and tasks we preform on a daily basis continue to be multi-threaded.
I completely agree that Brazos is much better than Atom, but I don't think it's one of those automatic game changers, unless you're talking about a netbook. Now if AMD wants to completely and utterly destroy Intel in the the low-end market, I say drop the price another $50 bucks. Price per performance is where AMD historically has had an advantage. Remember X2? But right now, the company is benefiting from Intel having not released a successor to Pine Trail. For the netbook market, Brazos is great, but that isn't what is going to help AMD dominate the market. The lack of products in the mainstream mobile space is why AMD fired Dirk Meyer.
On a side note, I'm a hardware agnostic. That's the way it should always be. I believe in competition and Brazos is delivering it. I just want AMD to bring a bigger fight to the table. They talked so much about Fusion, it's time to deliver. At the moment, I tend to cringe every time Gartner or IDC talks to me about market share.
I think part of the disappointment is that AMD promised me an epic gunfight and I'm watching two people duke it out with peashooters. Ooo so Ion2 does 9 fps Brazos does 12 fps.