Dell Inspiron 8200 Pentium 4-M 2.0GHz

Performance - Unreal Tournament 2003

Unreal Tournament 2003 dm-Antalus @ 800x600x32 Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (Mobility Radeon 9000) Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (GeForce4 440 Go) 75.1 74.7 70.5 63.2 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 75 | 90

As we begin the 3D tests we can see that both video solutions provided by the Inspiron 8200 are a bit slower than a desktop GeForce4 MX 440 card. The Mobility Radeon 9000 solution performs 7% slower than the desktop 2.0GHz machine and the GeForce4 440 Go performs 19% slower. Comparatively, the Mobility Radeon 9000 ran 12% faster in this instance.

Unreal Tournament 2003 dm-Antalus @ 1024x768x32 Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (Mobility Radeon 9000) Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (GeForce4 440 Go) 50.9 50.8 46.6 43.3 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 41 | 51 | 61

Again, the desktop GeForce4 MX 440 performed faster than both mobile solutions at 1024x768x32 in dm-Antalus. The Mobility Radeon 9000 was 9% slower than the desktop system and 8% faster than the GeForce4 440 Go.

Unreal Tournament 2003 dm-Antalus @ 1280x1024x32 Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (Mobility Radeon 9000) Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (GeForce4 440 Go) 32.6 32.6 30.3 28.4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 39

The gap between the mobile system and the notebook shrinks at 1280x1024x32. Now the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 is only 8% off the desktop and is 7% faster than the GeForce4 440 Go.

Unreal Tournament 2003 dm-Asbestos @ 800x600x32 Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (Mobility Radeon 9000) Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (GeForce4 440 Go) 131.7 115 114 103.3 | 0 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 105 | 132 | 158

Switching to the dm-Asbestos demo shows something we have never before seen in a mobile review: a mobile system performing better than a comparably configured desktop one in 3D gaming. The Mobility Radeon 9000 has a 15% lead over the desktop GeForce4 MX 440 that we compared it to. The Inspiron 8200 with a Mobility Radeon 9000 at the helm seems to act as one powerful gaming machine.

Unreal Tournament 2003 dm-Asbestos @ 1024x768x32 Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (Mobility Radeon 9000) Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (GeForce4 440 Go) 93.0 81.2 81.2 74.6 | 0 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 74 | 93 | 112

The performance lead that the Mobility Radeon 9000 enjoys remains the same as the resolution is increased. The Inspiron 8200 with the Mobility Radeon 9000 also performs 25% faster than the GeForce4 440 Go.

Unreal Tournament 2003 dm-Asbestos @ 1280x1024x32 Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (Mobility Radeon 9000) Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz (GeForce4 440 Go) 60.7 53.7 53.7 48.5 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 73

The lead drops to 13% at 1280x1024x32 but remains equally impressive: the notebook is actually gaming faster than a decently configured desktop!