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Sony VAIO TR1A

July 22nd, 2003 | by Ian Bell

In our testing the Sony VAIO TR1A trailed both the Gateway 450 XL and Sony VAIO PCG-Z1AP1 Centrino based systems by about 33% in most tests; this is due no doubt to the slower 900 MHz processor than the other systems. Because both the Sony VAIO TR1A and Z1AP1 systems use the same integrated graphics card, their 3dMark 2001 score were nearly identical with the Z1AP1 system slightly leading due to a faster processor.

System Configurations:

Sony VAIO TR1A

Windows XP Home; 900MHz Intel Pentium M; 512MB DDR SDRAM; Intel 855GM Chipset Integrated Graphics 64MB; 30GB Hard Drive

Gateway DS 450 XL
Windows XP Home; 1.5GHz Intel Pentium M; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 32MB; Toshiba MK4018GAP 40GB 4,200rpm

Sony VAIO PCG-Z1A
Windows XP Home; 1.3GHz Intel Pentium M; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon 16MB; Hitachi DK23EA-60 60GB 4,200rpm