Testing Vellamo

Posted by Webmaster on September 24th 2011 | Permalink
Categories: Software Review
Tags: mobile tablets benchmark

Vellamo is a mobile Web benchmark that evaluates browser performance on Android devices and provides a holistic view into browser performance. It also evaluates networking, JavaScript, rendering, and user experience incorporating industry standard and custom tests. The test was developed by Qualcomm. We ran Vellamo on a couple of Android tablets and a few android phones to see how they compared. There was a mixture of operating systems and service providers as shown in the table. The tablets, with larger more powerful SoCs clearly got the best scores, while most of the phones were in the same range. Brand Model Specifications…

Field Monitor Pro makes taking a display on the road a dream

Posted by Webmaster on June 15th 2011 | Permalink
Categories: Hardware Review
Tags: mobile laptop monitor pc display

Big, bright and lightweight. Now there is a display that can tempt you to bring it along as a laptop companion on a trip. Mobile Monitor introduced their Field Monitor Pro display at the Connected Traveler Showcase in San Francisco. It’s an ultra-bright 15.4-inch backlit LED screen delivering 1280x800 resolution in a clamshell 4-pound ABS-polycarbonate case. “It is a no compromise second monitor that adapts beautifully to every situation on the road, said Larry Pensack, president of MMT. “It’s easy to carry, highly resistant to damage, and makes getting things done plain easier.” The Field Monitor Pro connects up to Intel…

Nvidia’s GF580 versus GF480 review

Posted by Webmaster on March 8th 2011 | Permalink
Categories: Hardware Review
Tags: nvidia pmark benchmark

We've been running a 3D Surround Vision system for a while that was originally built using GeForce GTX 480 AIBs. No complaints, they do a great job This week we decided to do run some caparison with dual Nvidia AIBs in stereo and with SLI on and off to see if the Nvidia GTX580 is OK, better, or a whole lot better than the GTX480 It's a whole lot better We ran four benchmarks without S3D on a single processor Core i7 980 3.33 GHz machine, and two benchmarks with and without S3D on a dual processor Core i7 960 3.67…

Review AMD’s Ontario Fusion – Mity might takes on Monster math

Posted by Webmaster on February 10th 2011 | Permalink
Categories: Hardware Review
Tags: gpu amd hpu igp

After over a year's anticipation and teases of peaks at it, we finally got our hands on an AMD Fusion HPU, an 18W Zacate HPU on a Brazos platform. Our expectations were that it would knock the ball out of the park on graphics and humiliate Intel – that didn't happen, but then it wasn't a fair fight. It appears to be a little better than an embedded IGP in terms of GPU performance despite its superior number of GPU cores, and a poor performing CPU compared to Intel's big-iron offerings. It's main claim to fame is low power consumption, small…