Asus UL80Vt Thin-And-Light Notebook Review
Test Setup and 3DMark 06 CPU
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| Asus UL80Vt Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz) 4GB DDR3 Intel GMA 4500MHD + 512MB NVIDIA G210M GPUs On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x320GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM SATA Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 14" LED LCD Display (native 1366x768) |
Asus UL30A-A1 Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz) 4GB DDR3 Intel GMA 4500MHD GPU On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x500GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM SATA Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (32-bit) 13.3" LED LCD Display (native 1366x768) |
Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845 Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.1GHz) 3GB DDR2-667 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 2x200GB Hard drives (non-RAID) 5400 RPM / 4200 RPM SATA Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 15.4" WXGA Display (native 1280x800) |
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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.
No surprises here; the 1.3GHz CULV processor can't hold a candle to the full-fledged Core 2 Duo chip in the Toshiba (even with Turbo33 enabled, as it was for all of our benchmarks), but it actually fared pretty well when you consider that the Asus machine is significantly cheaper and has a chip that's far slower. Most interesting, however, is the difference between Asus machines. Both the UL80Vt and UL30 had a 1.3GHz SU7300 CPU and 4GB of RAM, yet the UL80Vt smoked the UL30. Why? Windows 7--most likely. Here's a look at the full 3DMark 06 score:
Asus UL80Vt 3DMark 06 CPU Score; Click To Enlarge
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Asus UL80Vt 3DMark 06 CPU Score; Click To Enlarge
