OCZ Technology Neutrino Netbook Review
Software and Benchmarks
Using SiSoftware Sandra as a benchmarking tool (and the Processor Arithmetic test, specifically), we found that the 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 within OCZ's Neutrino fared just a wee bit better than the baseline N270. As expected, it lagged behind the baseline N280 (1.66GHz) by a small bit, though it did perform better than the Core Solo U1500. On the whole, this processor performed exactly like any other N270-equipped netbook that we've seen, which is to say sufficiently enough for everyday tasks, but certainly not nimble enough for CPU intensive chores such as playing back HD video.
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Looking at the Processor Multi-Media test, you'll notice results that are eerily similar to those above. Once again, the Neutrino manages to best the baseline N270 by a hair, yet falls behind the most potent Intel offerings. As it should, it left the 1.3GHz Via Nano U2500 in the dust. Again, we weren't shocked by these results; in our multi-media testing, we found the CPU to be adequate in playing back standard definition (SD) video, but playing back more intensive clips (720p or higher) really put it in a bind.
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Memory performance was nothing to write home about, but results were about as expected -- if not a touch on the low side. You can only expect so much from a single channel DDR2 configuration.
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