2. Notebook list
Below are links to pages for each of the benchmarked notebooks. Each page contains brief information about the notebook and, most of all, its graphics subsystem.
Speaking of quality values, they are identical to those of desktop graphic cards. So, you can see the quality of 3D produced by tested cards in our monthly updated
Screenshot gallery.
Card list:
- ASUS W2PC (RADEON X1700 Mobility)
- Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Xi1546 (RADEON X1800 Mobility)
- RoverBook Voyager V700 WP (GeForce 7900 Go)
- Roverbook Nautilus W790 (GeForce 7900 Go SLI)
Archive (video cards, information on which is not updated anymore)
3. January 2007 news and current matters
- 3.1. The following drivers were used:
- NVIDIA ForceWare for all NVIDIA-based cards:
- ATI Catalyst for all ATI-based cards:
4. Summary charts of notebook graphics performance for January 2007
All willing to see the complete results in Excel 2003 format can download this RAR 3.0 or this ZIP archive.
Before you start browsing charts, we would like you to revise the differences between desktop and mobile graphics with the same markings.
You should remember that while mobile GPUs might be named the same as their discrete desktop modifications, they are ALWAYS pared-down in something. For example, a usual Radeon X1800 has 16 rendering pipelinesm while its mobile variant has only 12. And even if you find desktop and mobile graphics identical in architecture and pipelines, the latter would always be underclocked.
So if you see a notebook featuring, say, ATI Mobility X1800, you shouldn't expect an X1800 XT. At best, it may be an underlocked X1800 XL. As a rule, mobile graphics performance ranges between similar desktop solutions and desktop cards of a lower level. E.g., X1800 Mobility performance will be between those of X1800 XT and X1600 XT. Sometimes, it may just be a mere marketing trick. You won't find X1700 Mobility in desktop series, though it's architecture is identical to that of X1600. The performance can be even lower though due to lower clock rates.
And another thing: while all desktop cards (with certain exceptions) have a clear clock rate regulations, the clock rates of mobile GPUs and memory vary according to vendor needs. Some may prefer lower energy consumption and heat emission and reduce clock rates. And some may wish superb performance at the expense of battery life and cooling system noise.
So, if you see GPU test results for a certain notebook, do not consider them correct for all notebooks with similar graphics. This is another difficulty of comparing mobile graphics. Even the same name, like GeForce 7900 Go, won't guarantee same performance in every one notebook.
- 4.1. Far Cry, Research (No HDR)
- 4.2. Far Cry, Research (HDR)
- 4.3. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (No HDR)
- 4.4. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (HDR)
- 4.5. Call Of Juarez
- 4.6. Prey
- 4.7. 3DMark05 MARKS
- 4.8. Company Of Heroes
- 4.9. F.E.A.R.
- 4.10. Serious Sam II (No HDR)
- 4.11. Serious Sam II (HDR)
- 4.12. 3DMark 06, Shader Model 2.0 MARKS
- 4.13. 3DMark 06, Shader Model 3.0 MARKS
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4.9. Archive (information from the previous 3Digests absent in this issue)
- 4.15 Notes on graphics subsystems:
- If a particular card is not in the summary, i.e. its results are either 1, or 100, it means the given benchmark hasn't work or has worked incorrectly with this card.
- Obviously, the notebook based on GeForce 7900 Go SLI showed the highest performance, which was natural, judging by its features. It's persistently followed by the single GeForce 7900 Go. But it's hard to make any ambiguos conclusions about the remaining two machines, since they perform nearly on par. While X1800 should be faster than X1700, different clock rates, processors and memory capacity nearly negated the advantage of X1800 Mobility.
5. Notebook 3D Graphics Rating
The rating was calculated using the gathered gaming benchmark results.
All willing to conduct their own rating calculations with own values are invited to download this Excel XP table in RAR 3.0 or ZIP format.
The method of rating calculation is described here.
Calculations were conducted considering the following assumptions:
- Percentage of performance and quality demand ratio:
- performance priority - 60%
- quality priority - 40%
- Only the HIGHEST resolution available in games was used to calculate prospect ratings.
- The usability rating indicates performance and features of a card (numerator) related to its price (denominator).
WE UNDERSTAND THAT PERFORMANCE IS HEAVILY AFFECTED BY SYSTEM RESOURCES, OTHER THAN GRAPHICS CARD. THEREFORE THESE RATINGS ARE RATHER RELATIVE.
"Usability" Rating:
GENERAL usability rating
# |
НАЗВАНИЕ УСКОРИТЕЛЯ |
РЕЙТИНГ ПОЛЕЗ. |
РЕЙТИНГ ПЕРСП. |
ЦЕНА |
01. |
RoverBook Nautilus W790 |
577 |
1177 |
66100 |
02. |
Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Xi1546 |
518 |
923 |
47700 |
03. |
RoverBook Voyager V700 WP |
418 |
917 |
56700 |
04. |
ASUS W2Pc |
320 |
912 |
75000 |
"Prospect" Rating:
GENERAL prospect rating
# |
НАЗВАНИЕ УСКОРИТЕЛЯ |
РЕЙТИНГ ПОЛЕЗ. |
РЕЙТИНГ ПЕРСП. |
ЦЕНА |
01. |
RoverBook Nautilus W790 |
577 |
1177 |
66100 |
02. |
Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Xi1546 |
518 |
923 |
47700 |
03. |
RoverBook Voyager V700 WP |
418 |
917 |
56700 |
04. |
ASUS W2Pc |
320 |
912 |
75000 |
Ingame quality
6. Games screenshot gallery
All test screenshots are compiled into a gallery where you can qualify the work of a chosen videocard. All shots were taken at the same 1024x768 resolution at the maximum quality.
Screenshot gallery
7. Game Artefacts Gallery
Game Quality Section
8. Game Quality Control Section
Game Quality Control Section
We thank all the companies that provided us with graphics cards and other equipment for our 3Digest, including:
Foxconn Russia,
MSI Russia,
Gainward,
HIS (and personally Peter Yueng)
NVIDIA Russia,
ATI Technologies Russia,
Sapphire Technology Russia,
ASUStek Russia,
Gigabyte Russia,
AOpen Russia,
Bench'emAll! (and personally Alexander Kondratyuk AKA Render for helping us optimize bechmarking).
The PSU for the testbed was kindly provided by HIPER
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/tagan.jpg)
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The Dell 3007WFP monitor was kindly provided by NVIDIA
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/dell.jpg)
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