topic Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks in PCs & Accessories

Laptop 3D BenchMarks

grahambird80 — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:29:15 GMT

Hi there i did this on the old Club Vaio forum, and that was back in April, since then some new Laptops have arrived on the scene.

So below is listed the laptop manufacture then the laptops model number and its result in the 3D Mark 01.

The higher the score the better the laptop performs during 3D work. So a computer with a higher 3D score will be better at things like CAD work, Playing new 3D games like FarCry etc..

Sony
PCG - Z1XSP 1681
VGN - S1XP 10135
PCG - V505DP 5454
PCG - GRT916V 9115
PCG - K215Z 6739

Toshiba
A40 - 892 1757
M30 - 742 6854
M30 - 704 6777
P10 - 803 8906

HP
ZE5169EA 5956
ZX5151EA 7015
ZD7145EA 9957
ZD7050EA 10251

Samsung
V25 - 2.66 975
X05 - 1.4 1839

If you would like to run the 3D Mark on your computer to find out what it will score you can go to the following link and locate a place to download the program from.

www.futuremark.com

There are other benchmark software packages availbule from futuremark like the PC Mark 03 and 3D Mark 03 which i shall post the results of some time soon. These tests need Direct X 9 installed where as 3D Mark 01 utilises Direct X 8.

Another bit of software is Aquamark which i might get round to runing.

Hope this is of intrest to some of you.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:02:32 GMT

Thanks for the info Graham... much appriciated.
How about the A series? Considering one of those myself ...

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

grahambird80 — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:18:18 GMT

Realy want to get my mits on one of thoes to, but our buying office down south in there infinate wisdom has decided that only the top 5 branches will get them for display, altough we can order them for sale.

I have tryed my hardest to get my hands on the A115 and the A117.

So if any one out there has one would you mind rinning the tests and posting your results.

Will keep tring to get one up to the branch for us to look and and will give feedback if I can.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:25:26 GMT

Yes they're impressive - I would say probably one of the best looking VAIOs in the time I have been on the board.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

grahambird80 — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:28:15 GMT

Right have run the newer tests and here are the results.

Sony
VGN-S1XP.........3D Mark 03 - 2635.....PC Mark 04 - 3391
PCG-V505DP....3D Mark 03 - 719.......PC Mark 04 - 2828
PCG-Z1XSP.......3D Mark 03 - 77.........PC Mark 04 - 2537
PCG-GRT916V..3D Mark 03 - 1333....PC Mark 04 - 3786
PCG-K215Z........3D Mark 03 - 1063....PC Mark 04 - 3490

Toshiba
A40-892..............3D Mark 03 - 106.......PC Mark 04 - 2521
M30-742.............3D Mark 03 - 1008.....PC Mark 04 - 3210
M30-704.............3D Mark 03 - 704.......PC Mark 04 - 3196
P10-803.............3D Mark 03 - 1852.....PC Mark 04 - 4207

As you can see there is quite a sperad of results here. The VGN-S1XP looks to have the best all round score :smileyapplause:. Where as the PCG-Z1XSP has the poorest scores.

Remember this doesnt necessarly mean that the machine is bad, its just not sutied to this kind of work.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:41:00 GMT

77 is quite low for a 3D Mark test though ?

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

grahambird80 — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:10:51 GMT

Yep but that machine has integrated graphics and could only run 1 of the game tests.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:22:25 GMT

Oh I see.
Does the A series have integrated graphics?

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

grahambird80 — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:06:21 GMT

Just had a look and they all have a ATI MOBILITY RADEON¿ 9200 and 64 MB VRAM.

This is the same that is in the PCGK215Z but this machine has a P4 so it might have a different outcome depending on a few things such as RAM size and speed and bus speeds.

Put a request in for the A range again so hope to have them soon. Then will get results posted.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:08:34 GMT

Cool

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

zaphoduk — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:21:28 GMT

Ive got the VGN-A115S and i did run both 3DMark 01 and 03 couple weeks ago but didn't note down the scores.

They aren't installed anymore either so i'll try and re-run them again in the next day or two to let you know.

Incidentally it can't run Farcry at all. Framrate is terrible and a lot of the textures are missing giving transparent polygons.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

grahambird80 — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:42:27 GMT

I have been looking for a laptop that can handel the sandbox editor for farcry.

What settings are you using for farcry? As to the missing poly's it might be that the moblie ATi card just cant quite cope. You could see if there is a new driver out. Also you could try the omega drivers but not sure if they work with the mobile chips.

http://www.omegadrivers.net/

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:34:13 GMT

I don't know many notebooks which can handle Far Cry.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

grahambird80 — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:53:26 GMT

Well Kee Lo I have found one.

The VGNS1XP has blown us away at work, we first tried it at medium resolution where it ran realy Smoothly, next came High still fine. Then we went the whole hog and pumped it all the way up to Very High and Ultra high on the settings tabs as expected it was a bit jumpy but no where near what i thought it would be, it would probabuly be playabule but a bit of patience would be needed.

Well done Sony, now all i need to do is rob a bank or something.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:58:58 GMT

Sounds great :smileygrin:
I would suggest playing the lottery but the stations are closed right now

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

Manx — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:58:57 GMT

My GRT815E runs Far Cry with out any problems, and in 3D Mark 2003 i get a score of 2217

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

zaphoduk — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:36:01 GMT

OK, exceedingly dire results on my VGN-A115S on 3D-Mark 2003. I left all the defaults as below.
Resolution 1024 x 768
Pixel Processing - None
Texture Filtering - Optimal
Max Anisotropy - 4
Vertex Shaders - Optimal
Repeat Tests - Off
Fix Framerate - Off

I got an abysmal score of just 1107.

I did play UT2k4 last night however and it was smooth as silk with settings on max.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:03:15 GMT

Thats not too bad for a notebook mind you.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

Nifty — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:46:29 GMT

Ok i have now tested my laptop ( VGN-A117S ) on 3D Mark 01, and 3D Mark 03. All settings were at default in 3D mark and on graphics card.

3D Mark 03 - 2786 3D Marks

3D Mark 01 - 10391 3D Marks

As far as i can tell, the best yet.

Re: Laptop 3D BenchMarks

kee-lo_ — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:48:30 GMT

Thats pretty astounding