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Sony VAIO PCV-RS220

July 1st, 2003 | by Ian Bell

In our 3D benchmarking tests the PCV-RS220 ran neck and neck with the PCV-W20 system which also utilizes onboard graphics although provided by SiS, not Intel. You can clearly see by looking at the graphs on the performance page that any system with integrated graphics will struggle when compared to a system with a stand alone graphics processor. In the CPU benchmark tests, the PCV-RS220 ran about average for its processor speed, trailing the Gateway Media Center PC only slightly despite the Gateway system costing more than $200 over the PCV-RS220. Please click on the performance tab for complete tests and explanations. Overall the performance of the PCV-RS220 system is nothing to shine on.

System Configurations: 

Sony VAIO PCV-RS220

Windows XP Home Edition; 2.5GHz Intel P4; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; Intel integrated 64MB shared graphics; Seagate 120GB ATA 100 7200 RPM HDD

Gateway Media Center XL 

Windows XP Media Center Edition; 2.66GHz Intel P4; 512MB DDR SDRAM 400MHz; Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440G 128MB; Seagate 80GB7,200rpm

Sony VAIO PCV-W20

Windows XP Home Edition; 1.8GHz Intel P4; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; SiS integrated 32MB graphics; Samsung Spin Point SV0602H 60GB ATA 100 5400 RPM HDD