WinBook N4 Pentium 4-M 1.8GHz Notebook

Performance - Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Default Quality: 640x480x32 Desktop 1.9GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Desktop 1.7GHz Desktop 1.6GHz Desktop 1.5GHz Desktop 1.4GHz WinBook N4 1.8GHz Toshiba 1905-S277 1.6GHz 46.4 46.4 46.4 46.4 46.2 46.1 41.4 39.2 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 46 | 56

Serious Sam shows something quite interesting at 640x480x32. It seems that the game really likes the higher memory bandwidth provided by the 845MP and 845 DDR chipsets. Although the Mobility Radeon graphic part in the Toshiba system is clearly higher performing than both the GeForce2 Go 100 and the GeForce2 MX 200, the Toshiba system performs at the bottom of the pack. The WinBook N4 does not fall from the desktop systems at this resolution, performing only about 11% slower.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Default Quality: 800x600x32 Toshiba 1905-S277 1.6GHz Desktop 1.9GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Desktop 1.7GHz Desktop 1.6GHz Desktop 1.5GHz Desktop 1.4GHz WinBook N4 1.8GHz 35.1 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.2 27.5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 42

Things begin to return to what we expect at the resolution is raised up to 800x600x32. The graph finds the Toshiba system leading the pack with the desktop systems falling behind by about 15%. The WinBook N4 falls behind the faster GeForce2 MX 200 cards by 10%.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Default Quality: 1024x768x32 Toshiba 1905-S277 1.6GHz Desktop 1.9GHz Desktop 1.8GHz Desktop 1.7GHz Desktop 1.6GHz Desktop 1.5GHz Desktop 1.4GHz WinBook N4 1.8GHz 23.7 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 28

The gap widens at 1024x768x32, with the Toshiba system beating out the desktop systems by 32% and the desktop systems beating out the WinBook system by 13%. This leaves the WinBook performing 48% slower than the Toshiba one.