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                        | HotHardware's Mobile Test Systems | 
                     
                    
                        | Covering the bases | 
                     
                
             
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             Acer Aspire 1551-5448 
             
            AMD Turion II Neo X2 K625 
            (1.5GHz) 
             
            4GB DDR3 
             
            AMD Mobility  
            Radeon HD 4225 IGP 
             
            On-Board Ethernet 
            On-Board Audio 
             
            1x320GB Hard Drive           
            5400 RPM SATA 
             
            Windows 7  
            Home Premium (64-bit) 
             
            11.6" LED LCD Display 
            (native 1366x768) | 
            Lenovo ThinkPad X100e 
             
            AMD Athlon Neo (MV-40) 
            (1.66GHz) 
             
            2GB DDR2 
             
            Radeon HD 3200 IGP 
             
            On-Board Ethernet 
            On-Board Audio 
             
            1x250GB Hard Drive            
            5400 RPM SATA 
             
            Windows 7  
            Professional (32-bit) 
             
            11.6" LED LCD Display 
            (native 1366x768) | 
            HP Mini 311 
             
            Intel Atom N270 
            (1.6GHz) 
             
            2GB DDR2 
             
            NVIDIA Ion GPU  
            (Based on 9400M) 
             
            On-Board Ethernet 
            On-Board Audio 
             
            1x250GB Hard Drive            
            5400 RPM SATA 
             
            Windows 7 Home 
            Premium (32-bit) 
             
            11.6" LED LCD Display 
            (native 1366x768) | 
            Asus Eee PC 1215N 
             
            Intel Atom D525 
            (1.8GHz) 
             
            2GB DDR3 
             
            Intel GMA HD  
            (Pineview) +  
            NVIDIA Ion 2 
             
            On-Board Ethernet 
            On-Board Audio 
             
            1x250GB Hard Drive           
            5400 RPM SATA 
             
            Windows 7  
            Home Premium (64-bit) 
             
            12" LED LCD Display 
            (native 1366x768) 
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                        |  Performance Comparisons with 3DMark06 | 
                     
                    
                        |  Details: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06/ | 
                     
                
             
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The Futuremark 3DMark06 CPU benchmark consists of tests that use the CPU to render 3D scenes, rather than the GPU. It runs several threads simultaneously and is designed to utilize multiple processor cores. 
When looking at the 3D Mark 06 scores, we see the Eee PC 1215N dominating the competition. But remember, it has an Ion 2 graphics chip under its hood. The Acer Aspire 1551 holds it own quite well given that it's relying on an integrated chipset, and while these scores prove that it's not capable of hardcore gaming, it's definitely powerful enough to handle 720p/1080p multi-media playback.
Acer Aspire 1551-5448 3DMark 06 Score
 
    
        
              
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                        |  Performance Comparisons with Futuremark PCMark Vantage | 
                     
                    
                        |  Details: http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmarkvantage/introduction/ | 
                     
                
             
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Next we ran the system through Futuremark’s latest system performance metric PCMark Vantage. This benchmark suite creates a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workloads including High Definition video and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity. We like the fact that most of the tests are multi-threaded as well, in order to exploit the additional resources offered by multi-core processors. 
On less GPU-intense benchmarks, you see the performance benefits that we have been talking about. In overall performance, the Aspire 1551 surpasses the competition easily. So basically, in every case outside of gaming, this unit outpaces its rivals.