Uno sguardo al nostro sistema di test

Se credete ai produttori di notebook e schede grafiche, tutti i portatili disponibili sul mercato permettono di utilizzare senza problemi i videogiochi. Abbiamo testato quattro modelli per dimostrarvi che non è sempre così.

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Uno sguardo al nostro sistema di test

Le tabelle presenti in questa e nella pagina seguente ci danno una visione di insieme di ogni sistema impiegato nei test.

Produttore Acer Alienware
Modello Aspire 5672Wlmi Aurora M7700
URL www.acer.com www.alienware.com
Type 2-Spindle / Fixed 4-Spindle / Modular
Dimensioni e Peso
Width x Height x Depth 14.3 x 1.4-1.6 x 10.9"

36.3 x 3.5-4.1 x 27.8 cm

15.6 x 2.1-2.4 x 11.65"

39.7 x 5.4-6.2 x 29.6 cm

Unit & Battery 3021 g / 6.66 lb 5810 g / 12.81 lb
Battery 426 g / 0.99 lb 650 g / 1.43 lb
Charger & Cable 622 g / 1.37 lb 1380 g / 3.04 lb
Drives n/a n/a
Total (Notebook & Charger) 3643 g / 8.03 lb 7190 g / 15.85 lb
Adattatore AC & Batteria
Battery I Capacity Li Ion 8 cells (14.8 V, 4800 mAh, 70 Wh) Li Ion 12 cells ( 14.8 V, 6600 mAh, 98 Wh)
Battery II Capacity none none
AC adapter 90 W 220 W
Pointing Device(s) Touchpad Touchpad
Controller grafico e display
Display Size 15.4" (39.1 cm) 17 " (43.2 cm)
Display Resolution 1280 x 800 1440 x 900
Graphics controller ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 Nvidia Geforce Go 7800 GTX
Core clock 446 MHz / 391 MHz / 128 MHz 398 MHz / 200 MHz / 100 MHz
Memory 512 MB DDR2 256 MB DDR3
Memory clock 342 MHz / 252 MHz / 135 MHz 548 MHz / 300 MHz / 100 MHz
Sistema
BIOS Acer v1.3219 Phoenix 4.06CJ15 01/09/2006
CPU Intel Core Duo T2300

(1.66 GHz, 2 MB L2-Cache)

AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

(2.6 GHz, 1 MB L2- Cache)

Northbridge Intel 945 PM VIA K8T890
Southbridge ICH7-M DH (Intel 82801GHM) VIA VT8237
Memory 2x 512 MB DDR2-667

Samsung (CL4-4-4-11)

2x 1 GB DDR-400

PDP Systems (CL3-3-3-15)

Hard Drive
Manufacturer & Model Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 HTS541010G9SA00 Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 HTS721080G9SA00
Size 100 GB 80 GB net (2x 80GB as RAID 0)
Performance (S-ATA / 5400 rpm / 8MB / 12ms) (S-ATA / 7200 rpm / 8MB / 10ms)
Drive ottico
Manufacturer & Model MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-845S NEC ND-6750A
Speed DVD/+R/+RW/RAM/+DL (read/write/write/write/write) 12x/8x/4x/5x/2.4x 8x/8x/8x/-/4x
Speeed CD/R/RW (read/write/write) 24x/24x/10x/ 24x/24x/24x/
Floppy Drive none 3.5" USB
Hard drive bay 2.5", 9.5 mm height 2x 2.5", 20 mm height
Connettori

B=Posteriore, F=Frontale, L=parte sinistra, R=parte destra

PS2 Mouse/Keyboard none / none 1x /1x (B)
USB 2.0 2x (L) 2x (R) 4x (L)
IEEE1394/Firewire 1x (R) 2x (L)
Serial COM Port none 1x (B)
Parallel LPT Port none 1x (B)
Microphone yes yes
IR port yes (F) yes (L)
Bluetooth-Radio yes none
VGA / DVI out none / 1x (B) (vga adaptor) none / 1x (B)
TV out S-Video-Hosiden (R) 1x S-Video-Cinch (B), 1x S-Video-Hosiden (L)
AC Power Yes (L) Yes (B)
PC-Card / PCIe-Card Slots 1x (R) / 1x (R) 1x (L) / none
LAN Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet
WLAN Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG WLAN a+b+g mini-PCI Module Atheros Wistron CM9
Audio Connectors Mic (F), Headphone/SPDIF ( F ), Line-In (F) Mic (L), Headphone (L), SPDIF ( L ), Line-In (L)
Audio Chip Realtek ALC883 Realtek ALC850
Modem/Model HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP AC97 Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
Card-Reader: SD, MS/ MS Pro, MMC, XD SM, CF, Microdrive, SD, MS/ MS Pro, MMC
miscellaneous 5-in-1-card reader, 1.3MP Videocam 2 hds configured as RAID 0, standalone audioplayer
Software
OS Windows XP Home Windows XP Home
Application Software Acer Tools, NTI CD/DVD-Maker, CyberLink PowerProducer (OEM), Software Norton AntiVirus (OEM) Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro, PowerDVD 6.0