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E1505 Benchmarks and first impressions

post #1 of 20
4/7/06 at 4:53am
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It is my 2nd day with the E1505. I have had my 6000 for nearly a year so I will be making a lot of comparisons between the two.

- First bid difference is I have gone from the wxga to the truelife screen and I think the matte screen is the biggest thing I hate about the 6000. The truelife just looks fantastic. The screen on the 6000 also has horrible viewing angles and the Truelife on the 1505 is much better (but still not as good as I would like).

- next is the touchpad. I find the E1505's pad to be far superior to the 6000. The buttons press much easier and with more travel. Also the side scrolling bar is much better. That was the 2nd biggest thing I disliked about the 6000 was trying to scroll.

- the 1505's keyboard feels much, much more solid. Very easy to type and game on.

-One thing I don't like and find very odd, is the 1505 just does not seem as responsive as the 6000. Odd because other dual-cpu systems I have and have used are just wicked fast. Most of it seems to be the hard drive, lots of extra activity when I am not expecting it. I need to troubleshoot this some.

-The sound is much better on the E1505 both in the chipset (being the HD audio) and the speakers. Much louder and clearer. And I thought the 6000's speakers were some of the best I had heard on a laptop.

- Overall I am very happy with it, encoding videos is wicked fast (I have some raw capture's from my baby's birth I have been editing).

- I really can't wait for a mini-card superg wireless solution. Having everything wireless cut to 54mb has been painful. Now I wish I had gotten a router with MIMO. (running D-Link DGL-4300)

-Lastly, the benchmarks as-shipped but after ram swap.

2001 | 2003 | 2005
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10127| 3668 | 1744 |1024x768
8501 | 2934 | 1562 |1280x800
6909 | 2290 | 1437 |1280x800 2xAA
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post #2 of 20
4/7/06 at 3:55pm
Thanks for the review sorienor, yours was one that helped convince me to get an E1505 with almost the same specs.

Except, I only got 512mb DDR2 522mhz, but plan to add more RAM. You mentioned you did a RAM swap. Is the 1gb DDR2 522mhz what came with your laptop, or what you swapped in?

I ask because I've never installed RAM on a laptop before, and wanted to make sure I get the right type, so maybe you or someone else can tell me:

-do I still need to get 533mhz, can I get faster, or does it not matter?

-if I understand correctly (here's where I show myself as a noob), you no longer have to match 1:1 on RAM, meaning I could throw 1gb into my other slot, correct?

Thanks, and enjoy your new E1505!

Ron
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post #3 of 20
4/7/06 at 4:23pm
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I had bought a pair of 512 533mhz so-dimm's for my 6000. I put those in the 1505 and put the 512 that came with the 1505 in the 6000 (+ the 6000's original 256 I kept).

The 1505 will actually support 667mhz, but no one has shown a performance increae by getting that. You can run mis-matched ram but it will run in single-channel mode instead of dual-channel. Once again, the performace difference really isn't that great, 5% at most.
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post #4 of 20
4/7/06 at 4:39pm
It sounds as though saving a few $$ and just matching up my 512 533mhz is the way to go.

Thanks, extremely helpful again!
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post #5 of 20
4/10/06 at 3:10pm
i just bought an E1505, glad to hear they arent too bad. I bought 2x1gb sticks of 667mhz ram off newegg for only 88 bucks each, that was cheaper than alot of 533mhz ram they had.
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post #6 of 20
4/12/06 at 4:21am
Thank you for the review
Did you ever had mind changing video card x1400 to x300 or vice?
I think one breve man should try it.. I'm really interesting if x1400 work on 6000D, or x300 work on 1505... If you have mind to do in the future.. please just let us know....
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post #7 of 20
4/14/06 at 4:26pm
I already tried it, see this post: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=145639
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post #8 of 20
4/18/06 at 4:34pm
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Well I have upgraded the laptop already. Now I have a 2ghz cpu, DDR2 667 instead of 533 and move the hard drive to a 7200rpm

The hard drive made a huge difference in the feel of the system. I said before it was not 'snappy' but that now is fixed.
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post #9 of 20
4/18/06 at 8:40pm
i never had my E1505 without a 7200rpm sata drive, but it sure feels fast.
to be honest this E1505 is faster in every task than my XPS2 was (other than actual gameplay)
My xps2 had a 5400 rpm hard drive and it was sluggish compared to my E1505
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post #10 of 20
4/19/06 at 4:00am
I've upgraded from a 6000D to E1505 and I'm glad I did. The overall build quality is better and I love the touchpad, keyboard and speakers as well as the Truelife screen. Much better than the Matte 6000D screen! Haven't really pushed the dualcore processor yet.
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post #11 of 20
4/19/06 at 12:07pm
1505 suffer from space between lid and base of laptop when lid is closed?
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post #12 of 20
4/19/06 at 2:20pm
Hi
This thread helped me to make my decision (between m140 and e1505)

Its for a friend who woulld use it for stats program, ms office stuff, basic internet use, movies, and music. Though she might not need all the power this has, she would appreciate the wide screen ultrasharp, plus overall it might have a better resale value.

The one feature, the hard drive, default is 5400 rpm. upgrading to the lowest 7200rpm is $145. I wondered if anyone just bought another hard drive elsewhere and replaced it. I thought this would be cheaper than upgrading via Dell. Also, is the default video card good enough? She wont do 3d stuff and gaming.

Thanks
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post #13 of 20
4/19/06 at 3:01pm
Hey you guys wuzzup. How bout battery life and heat? Any reviews on these? Comparisons on the 6000 is really much appreciated.

Im thinking of upgrading to e1505 myself. Im kinda tired of my 1yr old 6000.
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post #14 of 20
4/19/06 at 3:21pm
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Originally Posted by kba
Hi
This thread helped me to make my decision (between m140 and e1505)

Its for a friend who woulld use it for stats program, ms office stuff, basic internet use, movies, and music. Though she might not need all the power this has, she would appreciate the wide screen ultrasharp, plus overall it might have a better resale value.

The one feature, the hard drive, default is 5400 rpm. upgrading to the lowest 7200rpm is $145. I wondered if anyone just bought another hard drive elsewhere and replaced it. I thought this would be cheaper than upgrading via Dell. Also, is the default video card good enough? She wont do 3d stuff and gaming.

Thanks
In my opinion, I think that your friend will be fine using the Core Duo T2300. The default hard drive is not that slow, but if you really want to upgrade then buy it elsewhere because it is cheaper. However, if you have a % off coupon like the current 40% off, it will be better to upgrade from Dell. The default video card is good if she is not doing any 3d stuff or gaming. However, if she plans to game in a future, it will be better to get her the x1300. With this she will be able to upgrade the video card.
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post #15 of 20
4/19/06 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by Picard
Hey you guys wuzzup. How bout battery life and heat? Any reviews on these? Comparisons on the 6000 is really much appreciated.

Im thinking of upgrading to e1505 myself. Im kinda tired of my 1yr old 6000.
The battery life is excellent with the 9 cell. I get up to 6 hours of battery life. You need to undervolt the cpu and use ATI Powerplay to achieve this. In regards of the heat, the laptop is pretty cool. It only gets warm not hot. It might be the weather in NY right now. The palm rest is also cool because the hard drive is below the keyboard and not below the palm rest. Overall, the fan barely turns on and I have the video card overclocked. You might achieve lower temperatures with AS5.

Hope this helps in your decision.
Joako
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post #16 of 20
4/30/06 at 5:37pm
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Originally Posted by Joako
The battery life is excellent with the 9 cell. I get up to 6 hours of battery life. You need to undervolt the cpu and use ATI Powerplay to achieve this.
I think you mean GPU rather than CPU.
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post #17 of 20
5/1/06 at 12:48am
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Originally Posted by Jumbie
I think you mean GPU rather than CPU.
No, he's right. Undervolt the CPU. Stock GPU's usually are undervolted already.
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post #18 of 20
5/1/06 at 1:03am
My bad. I was under the impression that people weren't able to undervolt the Core Duos unlike the PMs.

The mention of ATI Powerplay also made think he was talking about the graphics card rather than CPU.
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post #19 of 20
5/9/06 at 6:47pm
How do you undervolt the CPU? Can this be done without openning up the laptop?
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post #20 of 20
5/10/06 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by doggyworld
How do you undervolt the CPU? Can this be done without openning up the laptop?
Yes. Entirely software-controlled. Please use the search button and look for undervolting.
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