Friday, September 3, 2010

Sony VAIO VGN-AR890U 17-inch Laptop

 Sony Vaio Gaming Laptop
Sony VAIO VGN-AR890U 17-inch Laptop Spec Check

  • 17-inch XBRITE-HiColor LCD
  • 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8400 processor
  • Dual 250 GB hard drives (500 GB total)
  • 4 GB RAM (max capacity)
  • Blu-ray Disc read/write
  • Dual-layer DVD±R drive
  • Quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth with A2DP streaming
  • Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics
  • Windows Vista Ultimate (SP1)
  • Weighs 8.4 pounds 

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NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT's Laptop : Game Performance

The following values are based on different reviews and can actually differ due to low processor power or lower clocked graphics cards. It should only give a general impression, which games should be playable. If not stated otherwise, the benchmarks were recorded without Antialiasing (AA) and Anisotrope Filtering (AF).
Gears of War: 1280x800, default (medium-high): 35 fps -> well playable with seldom stuttering
Call of Juarez : 1280x800, DX10: 20 fps -> barely playable
Company of Heroes: 1440x900, high details-> playable (not completely fluent)
World in Conflict: 1024x768, medium details (DX9), Benchmark: 23 fps -> playable (DX 10 not playable)
F.E.A.R.: 1024x768, CPU max, GPU max: 24-40 fps -> well playable
Command and Conquer 3 (C&C 3): 1024x768, high details: 30 fps well playable
Supreme Commander: 1024x768, high details: 16-44 fps -> playable (large Multiplayer battles may need a faster GPU)
Colin McRae Dirt: 1024x768, high: 20 fps -> barely playable (reduce details)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: 1024x768, maximum quality: 18 fps not playable -> with reduced details playable
Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory: 1280x800 -> well playable
Oblivion: 1280x800, max details: 40 fps -> well playable
Half Life 2 - Episode 1: 1280x800: 70 fps -> well playable
Prey: 1280x800: 40 fps -> well playable
Anno 1701: 1024x768, high Details: 48 fps -> well playable
Doom 3: 1024x768, Details: Ultra: 67 fps -> well playable
Age of Empires 3: 1024x768, hohe Details (without footprints), Skirmish zu 8t: 30-40 fps -> well playable
Quake 3 Arena: 1024x768, max Details: 236.5 fps -> well playable
Crysis - GPU Benchmark :  1024x768, low Details: 46 fps -> well playable
Crysis - CPU Benchmark :  1024x768, low Details: 44 fps -> well playable
World of Warcraft (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.
Source : notebookcheck.net

    Left 4 Dead on Vaio 8600m GT


    Left 4 Dead

    Running on my laptop:

    Sony Vaio AR71zu
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.50 GHz
    4 GB DDR2 SDRAM (667 MHz)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600m GT (512mb)

    All graphics running at maximum...
    Including Anti-Aliasing & Filtering
    Resolution set at 1024 x 768

    (Can easily run at 1280 X 1024 but I like the game to run perfectly smooth)

    Slight lag due to Fraps recording while I'm playing it.


    Fear 2 on Vaio 8600m GT


    F.E.A.R 2

    Running on my laptop:

    Sony Vaio AR71zu
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.50 GHz
    4 GB DDR2 SDRAM (667 MHz)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600m GT (512mb)

    All graphics running at maximum...
    2 x FSAA
    Resolution set at Widescreen 1024 x 768


    Velvet Assassin on Vaio 8600m GT


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