Gigabyte G-Max N203 Laptop Review Features and portability are this 1.6GHz Centrino-based laptop's primary strengths, but it can also hold its own in the office computing.  75% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: Notebooks Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: Gigabyte Mar 14 2005   M. Dowler   Home > Reviews > Notebooks > Gigabyte GMAX N203

Benchmarks: Winbench 99, BatteryMark, Sandra

Winbench 99	Source: Zdnet

WinBench 99 is a subsystem-level benchmark that measures the performance of a PC's graphics, disk, and video subsystems in a Windows environment. WinBench 99's tests can run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems.

WinBench 99
Business Disk WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte G-MAX N512	3080
Sony VAIO VGN-T140P	4070
Gigabyte G-MAX N203	5630
High-End Disk WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte G-MAX N512	20400
Sony VAIO VGN-T140P	12800
Gigabyte G-MAX N203	18600
Business Graphics WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte G-MAX N512	845
Sony VAIO VGN-T140P	303
Gigabyte G-MAX N203	321
High-End Graphics WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte G-MAX N512	1580
Sony VAIO VGN-T140P	909
Gigabyte G-MAX N203	1030

Interesting results here. The G-Max N203 cleans up in the business disk test, and competes impressively with the slightly faster G-Max N512 in the high end disk benchmark. The Gigabyte G-Max N512 predictably takes the graphics benchmarks, as its Radeon Mobile chipset far outclasses the Intel Extreme 2 solution found within the N203 and the Sony laptops. The Gigabyte N203's faster 'Dothan' processor allows it to pull ahead of the VAIO for second place though.

BatteryMark 4.0.1	Source: Ziff-Davis

BatteryMark 4.0.1 tests the lifespan of a laptop's battery by cycling through a battery of tests designed to stress the processor, disk and graphics subsystems. The benchmark indicates, in hours, minutes and seconds, how long a laptop's battery can be expected to last with moderate to intense usage at full brightness.

BatteryMark 4.0.1
BatteryMark 4.0.1	Battery life (min)	Ranking
Sony VAIO VGN-T140P	233
Gigabyte G-MAX N203	167

The tiny Sony VAIO T140 considerably outlasts the G-Max N203, as you might expect given its ultra-low voltage Pentium M processor. On the bright side, we were easily able to finish an average length (1.5 hour) DVD with 15% of battery capacity left at full brightness on the G-Max N203. This might not be the ideal machine for viewing the extended Lord of the Rings trilogy on the road, but few are.

SiSoft Sandra 2004	Source: Sandra

Very little performance difference between the 1.6GHz Pentium M in the G-Max N203 and the slightly faster 1.7M in the g-Max N512. Excellent performance numbers from the N203 notebooke here, backing up our observations about its overall processing power.

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