The Test

Windows XP Professional Test System

 

Hardware
 
Sager NP8886
Hypersonic Sonic Aviator
Desktop System
CPU(s)
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
Pentium 4 3.06GHz
Pentium 4 3.06GHz
Motherboard(s)
Sager 845E
Hypersonic 845E
Intel D845EBT 845E
Memory
1.0GB PC2100
512MB PC2100
1.0GB PC2100
512MB PC2100
512MB PC2100
Hard Drive
40.0GB 5400RPM Toshiba MK4019GAX
40.0GB 5400RPM Toshiba MK4019GAX
IBM Deskstar DPTA-372050 20.5GB 7200 RPM
CDROM
DVD/CDRW
DVD/CDRW
Philips 48X
Video Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB 128-bit DDR
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB 128-bit DDR
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB 128-bit DDR
Ethernet
Realtek RTL8100BL Onboard Ethernet Adapter
3COM 920-ST06 Onboard Ethernet Adapter
Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter

 

Software

Operating System

Windows XP Professional

Video Drivers
ATI 7.77 (latest available for Sager)
ATI 7.77 (latest available for Hypersonic)
ATI Catalyst 2.5

 

Benchmarking Applications
 

Bapco SYSmark 2002
ZDM Content Creation Winstone 2002
ZDM Business Winstone 2002
BAPCo Mobile Mark 2002

Croteam Serious Sam 2: The Second Encounter - Extreme Settings
Epic Unreal Tournament 2003 - High Quality Settings
Lucas Arts Entertainment Jedi Knight 2 - High Quality Settings

Our Sager NP8886 system came outfitted with 1.0GB of PC2100 memory. For testing purposes, we thought this was a bit excessive: the last thing we want is manufacturers to send us souped up products that are not representative of most units sold. For this reason, we only ran a limited number of test with the full 1.0GB of memory installed and ran the remaining tests with 512MB of memory. All the 2D performance applications were run with both 1.0GB and 512MB of system memory while the 3D and battery life tests were run only with 512MB of memory. This should provide an accurate representation of how a typical NP8886 as well as a fully loaded NP8886 will perform.

Features - Software Performance - Content Creation and Business
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