Dell Studio 14: Defining Solid
by Dustin Sklavos on August 19, 2010 2:49 AM ESTSynthetic Graphics Performance with 3DMark
When we get into our battery of 3DMark tests is where we're going to start seeing how the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 stacks up against its predecessors along with the other entry-level chips on the market, as well as Intel's own HD integrated graphics. The 5470 Dell outfitted our Studio 14 with is a best-case scenario for the chip, running its 80 stream processors at a 675MHz clock speed and its GDDR3 at an effective 1.6GHz. That speed on the memory is going to be important, too, because the 5470 remains crippled with a 64-bit bus.
The Mobility Radeon HD 5470 produces a modest improvement over the older 4330, and basically keeps pace with the GeForce 210M and 310M. It has a clear advantage over the integrated graphics parts from both AMD and Intel, but that advantage only seems large in the scale we're operating at here: the 5470 is still worlds away from the next performance class, and as we'll see it's adequate at best for gaming.
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Wolfpup - Thursday, September 16, 2010 - link
I really hate that Dell has such terrible GPUs in everything except their Alienware, and I guess their single Studio XPS (which has all kinds of issues) lines.I mean looking at this, it would be fine, but it's a joke next to what Asus offers for the same price. Heck, my Asus from NINETEEN MONTHS AGO cost the same price, has a superior Geforce 9650GT (32-core part, probably marginally better than AMD's 120-core part...compared with this one's 80-core part), and a somewhat worse CPU (2.4GHz Penryn Core 2 versus 2.26GHz Corei5).
I mean the bottom line is my Asus notebook has what I consider a better mix of hardware, for the same price...only it's nineteen months old. That's nuts. And of course when I bought it it was the same deal, Dell's stuff was weirdly low end. That new Asus n83 or whatever it is looks so much more appealing for this size and price range... probably double the GPU power and a bit more CPU power too.
caffy2103 - Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - link
Just bought mine for $599 plus $34 tax on Dell