Gateway M500S July 6th, 2003 | by Ian Bell
Performance
In our performance benchmarking, the M500 held its own in 3D Mark 2001 literally nipping on the heals of the Gateway 450 XL and VPR Matrix 200A5 systems in the 32-bit tests, and edging out both system for the lead in the 16-bit tests. When it came to the Mobile Mark 2002 testing, the M500 easily beat out both the VPR Matrix 200A5 and Gateway 450 XL systems. This is most likely due to a faster Intel processor and a better overall cooling system. The M500 also edged out both systems in the SiSoftware Sandra benchmarks. System Configurations: Gateway M500S Windows XP Home; 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4-M; 512MB DDR SDRAM; Nvidia GeForce4 420 Go 32MB; 40GB 4,200rpm hard drive VPR Matrix 200A5 Windows XP Home; 2.0GHz Intel Pentium 4-M; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; Nvidia GeForce4 420 Go 32MB; IBM Travelstar 40GN 40GB 4,200rpm 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
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