Sony VAIO PCG-Z1AP1 May 11th, 2003 | by Ian Bell
Performance
In our Mobile Mark 2002 tests, the Sony VAIO PCG-Z1AP1 trailed both the IBM ThinkPad and the Gateway 450XL systems. What we did expect was for the Gateway system to take the lead here because of its faster CPU and more powerful video card. The IBM surprised us because the ThinkPad configuration is very close to that of the Sony, they both share the same speed CPU and video card.
In our 3D benchmarking tests however, the Sony PCG-Z1AP1 was able to outperform the IBM ThinkPad but still trailed the Gatway system. This was no surprise since the Gateway system has a more robust video adapter with twice the memory.
System Configurations: Sony VAIO PCG-Z1A Gateway DS 450 XL IBM ThinkPad X31
Windows XP Home; 1.3GHz Intel Pentium M; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon 16MB; Hitachi DK23EA-60 60GB 4,200rpm
Windows XP Home; 1.5GHz Intel Pentium M; 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 32MB; Toshiba MK4018GAP 40GB 4,200rpm
Windows XP Pro; 1.4GHz Intel Pentium M; 256MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon 16MB; Hitachi DK23EB-40 40GB 5,400rpm
by ColinHsien on November 8, 2009:
“I had a vpr matrix 18a5a and after it fell apart after 5 months I took it back to best buy and traded it for this. This laptop has less v-ram but still gets higher 3d-marks using 3dmark2001 and there is jsut somethign about that higher resolution screen...” More...