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post #161 of 216
6/6/04 at 1:06pm
No, dont have the docking base so can't comment on what resolutions it supports, although you do have the option of the VillageTronic PC card for outputting via DVI at 1,600x1,200. That card is pretty expensive, though, I believe.
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post #162 of 216
6/6/04 at 1:07pm
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Originally Posted by bloke
Thanks for the reviews, guys.



That's disappointing. I would think the Radeon should be able to output a nice picture. Is the VGA port an ATI component, or does the quality of that part depend on the notebook (or motherboard) manufacturer?
Could just be the specific flat panel I tried, I find that you can get very variable results with VGA out to flat panels, the only way to be sure of ecent image quality is with a DVI connection.
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post #163 of 216
6/6/04 at 1:13pm
Caboose, are you going to be publishing this review somewhere? If so, where?
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post #164 of 216
6/6/04 at 1:21pm
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Originally Posted by caboosemoose
Well, that PCPro review is a bit, like, dumb because it;s actually when displaying dark images that the reflection is a problem, not when displaying bright/whites.

If anyone has a specific questions, feel free to ask, I have the unit for a few more weeks.
Could you post benchmarks? Particularly 3dmark03?
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post #165 of 216
6/6/04 at 1:24pm
Another request Could you test out the battery life for us, as the battery life given on that review is somewhat scary. I would have thought that it being a P-M machine would insure a battery better than 70 minutes Even the huge monster by Sager (8790) gets that much battery life, and that is with a P4.
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post #166 of 216
6/6/04 at 2:47pm
I'd rather stay anonymoose (geddit?) if that's OK. As for battery life, the 70 mins is fairly accurate when running the screen at full blast, don't forget this thing has two large lamps blazing away, but you can turn it down a notch or two and it's still brighter than most. I would estimate about 2.5 hours with the screen at a sensible setting. Will do a 3dMark test tomorrow hopefully, but it's not exactly rocket science, all the components are very well known quantities - Pentium-M 1.7 and RV360 clocked at 391MHz, I would expect a 3DMark03 score of around 3,000.

It's also possible to run a second battery I believe.
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post #167 of 216
6/6/04 at 2:52pm
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Originally Posted by caboosemoose
I'd rather stay anonymoose (geddit?) if that's OK..
Heh, yeah I get it. No problem.

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Originally Posted by caboosemoose
I would estimate about 2.5 hours with the screen at a sensible setting.
Thanks for the estimate. 2.5 from it would not be bad at all, considering that it is probably better than all other 17 inchers out there.

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Originally Posted by caboosemoose

It's also possible to run a second battery I believe.
Any way for you to confirm that for us.

Sorry if this might be bothersome, but you are the first one to have an actual unit for review, on these forums.

Thanks
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post #168 of 216
6/6/04 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by caboosemoose
I'd rather stay anonymoose (geddit?) if that's OK. As for battery life, the 70 mins is fairly accurate when running the screen at full blast, don't forget this thing has two large lamps blazing away, but you can turn it down a notch or two and it's still brighter than most. I would estimate about 2.5 hours with the screen at a sensible setting. Will do a 3dMark test tomorrow hopefully, but it's not exactly rocket science, all the components are very well known quantities - Pentium-M 1.7 and RV360 clocked at 391MHz, I would expect a 3DMark03 score of around 3,000.

It's also possible to run a second battery I believe.
Great!
If you can do some benchmarks, I'd like to know 3DMark01 - 3DMArk03 - Aquamark03 and PCMark04.
It would be fantastic.
If you can, obviously.

Thanks a lot!


JAGO
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post #169 of 216
6/6/04 at 3:40pm
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Originally Posted by Enderet
Thanks for the estimate. 2.5 from it would not be bad at all, considering that it is probably better than all other 17 inchers out there.
Considering I could get 2:20 out of my P4 zd7000 with 17" Brightview, 2.5 hours is not impressive at all for the Sony.
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post #170 of 216
6/6/04 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by flashram
Considering I could get 2:20 out of my P4 zd7000 with 17" Brightview, 2.5 hours is not impressive at all for the Sony.
Wow. To tell you guys the truth, I was expecting something like 3-4 hours. Flashram, you were getting 2:20 with that notebook using what settings?
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post #171 of 216
6/6/04 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by Enderet
Wow. To tell you guys the truth, I was expecting something like 3-4 hours. Flashram, you were getting 2:20 with that notebook using what settings?
Wifi on, brightness about medium. Powermizer set to max battery life.
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post #172 of 216
6/6/04 at 4:11pm
That is definetely some pretty good battery life, for a P4 17 inch notebook. Why was it that you returned it again?
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post #173 of 216
6/6/04 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by Enderet
That is definetely some pretty good battery life, for a P4 17 inch notebook. Why was it that you returned it again?
Need to get something more portable. I missed the mobility that I had with my x1000. So, back to searching for something that fits my needs. Too bad it doesn't exist right now.

The zd700 was definitely a nice notebook- 12,440 in 3dmark01, good battery life for it's size, awesome 1680x1050 Brightview display. Ended up selling it on Ebay for more than I paid.
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post #174 of 216
6/6/04 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by bloke
Here's hoping the CPU on the S series is user-upgradeable. I'd just order a 1.4 or 1.5 (whatever's the cheapest they offer), then swap it out for a Dothan.
Interesting thought. I was wondering if this would be true with the A190. Anyone know if the CPU is permanently attached to the motherboard?
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post #175 of 216
6/7/04 at 12:40pm
3dMark03:
2,821
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post #176 of 216
6/7/04 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by caboosemoose
3dMark03:
2,821

Thanks Caboose. That is pretty much what all other notebooks in its range get.

It Still looks like a nice notebook, but I was never entirely looking into buying that model, as I prefer the S model's smaller size.

Thanks for benching it though
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post #177 of 216
6/7/04 at 1:59pm
FEDX delayed my shipment of A190 should arrive today

Im going to start a new thread since this is getting rather large... it will have game performance

Im glad about what caboosmoose wrote on the 9700 radeon not being able to utilize more than 64MB properly

I have both a 128MB radeon 9700 and will have the sony with 64MB radeon

Ill make sure both are clocked same speed and test games... however I do not have a FPS checker and I need one that works with DEMOS GAMES not full versions

TIA
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post #178 of 216
6/7/04 at 2:13pm
use fraps for frame rates
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post #179 of 216
6/7/04 at 3:35pm
I saw the A190 at CompUSA this morning.
The display is stunning, I thought there was a sheet of glass over the display but there wasn't, I guess thats the refective surface of the Xbrite display.
What was cool was when I told the salesman that the wuxga display was too high a reolution for my eyes he pushed one button and it switched the reolution to 1280x768 and it was still as sharp and clear as before, not fuzzy like most LCD's when not using its native resolution.
I'm a little disappointed in its keyboard, Sony could have done better than the black plastic block keyboard, and it's missing cool touches like the Apple Powerbook backlit keys.
And no built in bluetooth what's with that?
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post #180 of 216
6/7/04 at 3:50pm
Does anyone know if the 80gb hard drive in the Sony A190 is a 4200 or 5400rpm drive?
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