Performance at Other Resolutions

From our performance tests at 1280x1024, though most games are playable, we would like to see a slightly higher frame rate from the system. To satisfy our desire, we ran tests at 1024x768 for the games that we feel could benefit from some added frame rate. The results are as follows:

MRX700 1024x768 Performance
Without AA/AF With AA/AF
Doom 3 40.6 22.9
FarCry 27.1 16.8
Halo 52.6 44.4

The numbers for the lower resolution test are a little better than what we saw at 1280x1024. Just for fun, we also ran numbers at the notebook’s native resolution.

MRX700 1680x1050 Performance
Without AA/AF With AA/AF
FarCry 17.7 11.2
Halo 25.3 22.7
Half-Life 2 47.5 26.9

It is interesting to note that Half-Life 2 is still playable at the display’s native resolution without AA and AF. None of the games that we tested are actually playable at native res with AA enabled.

Half-Life 2 Performance Final Words
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  • Hikari - Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - link

    This is something like 2x as fast as the 9700 mobility, get real. It is pretty much the equivalent of a 9700 pro desktop part, however.
  • randomman - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    I realize that it would not be an exact comparison, but could you add some old benchies from the 9700 Mobility and 9800 M. This would give a better point of comparison than just against a desktop sys.
    Also are there any things available talking about the differences in power optimizations between the old 9700 and the X700?
  • Guspaz - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    Is there much point to the review of of a notebook graphics chip that has NO comparison to any other mobile graphics chips?

    Personally I find the benchmarks in this review totally useless.
  • Jep4444 - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    the big selling feature of this over the mobile 9700 is that it provides better battery life, it is also a more powerful chip than the mobile 9700
  • onix - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    How do we think graphics chip on this computer will compare to the Thinkpad T43p's ATI Mobility FIRE GL V3200 (128 MB)?
  • bobsmith1492 - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    Yeah, I play Doom 3 on medium, 1280x1024; runs pretty well. Same processor too; P-M, but with regular DDR, OCd to 2.125.
  • trikster2 - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    #6

    This is the same as the 9700 mobility????

    Blech.

    This is what we have been waiting for?

  • arfan - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    where is the pictures?
  • bobsmith1492 - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    So, basically this performs about the same as my 9700 mobility. Yay.
  • L3p3rM355i4h - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link

    ho hum...how much does this thing weigh? Surely not as much as that brick XPS.

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