Toshiba Satellite T135D-S1324 Review

Name: Toshiba Satellite T135D-S1324 Review - Page 5
Brand: Toshiba

by Jennifer Johnson — Monday, May 03, 2010, 10:30 AM EDT

To give you better feel for how the Toshiba T135D's performance measures up, we’ll compare it to a few similar systems, including the Intel-based T135. Here’s a closer look at each of our comparison systems:

HotHardware's Test Systems

Covering the bases

Toshiba Satellite T135D-S1324

AMD Turion Neo X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor L625 (1.6GHz)

4GB DDR2

ATI Radeon HD 3200

On-Board Ethernet
On-Board Audio

1x320GB Hard Drive
5400 RPM SATA

Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

13.3” LED TruBrite TFT LCD
(native 1366x768)

Toshiba T135-S1310RD

Intel Pentium SU4100 (1.3GHz)

4GB DDR3

Intel GMA 4500M

On-Board Ethernet
On-Board Audio

1x320GB Hard Drive
5400 RPM SATA

Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

13.3" LED TruBrite TFT LCD
(native 1366x768)

Sony VAIO Y Series

Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
(1.3GHz)

4GB DDR3

Intel GMA 4500MHD

On-Board Ethernet
On-Board Audio

1x320GB Hard Drive
5400 RPM SATA

Windows 7
Professional (64-bit)

13.3" LED LCD
(native 1366x768)

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13"

Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
(1.3GHz)

4GB DDR3

Intel GMA 4500MHD

On-Board Ethernet
On-Board Audio

1x320GB Hard Drive
5400 RPM SATA

Windows 7 Home
Premium (64-bit)

13" LED LCD
(native 1366x768)

Asus UL80Vt

Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
(1.3GHz)

4GB DDR3

Intel GMA 4500MHD+
512MB NVIDIA G210M

On-Board Ethernet
On-Board Audio

1x320GB Hard Drive
5400 RPM SATA

Windows 7 Home
Premium (64-bit)

14" LED LCD
(native 1366x768)

Asus UL30A-A1

Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
(1.3GHz)

4GB DDR3

Intel GMA 4500MHD

On-Board Ethernet
On-Board Audio

1x500GB Hard Drive
5400 RPM SATA

Windows Vista Home
Premium SP1 (32-bit)

13.3" LED LCD
(native 1366x768)

Performance Comparisons with 3DMark06

Details: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06

Considering the way AMD touts the combination of the Turion Neo X2 mobile processor with ATI Radeon graphics, we were expecting a bit more from the T135D. The notebook managed comparable scores to most of our other test systems with the exception of the Asus UL80Vt, which was tested with its discrete GPU switched on. The T135D's full 3DMark06 benchmark result is below:

Tags: AMD, Notebook, laptop, Toshiba, Satellite, Neo, T135D-S1324, T135D, Tuion Neo X2, ATI Radeon

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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