GPU and battery-life benchmarks
| Laptop - Q4 - low quality - 800x600 | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI CR610 Tigris | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 76.32 | 148.42 | 28.09 |
| Laptop - Q4 - ultra quality - 1,366x768 | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI CR610 Tigris | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 31.1 | 65.25 | 13.56 |
The discrete Radeon HD 4330 512MB card in the MSI X-Slim X600 makes both IGPs appear weak in comparison.
Tigris' IGP is over 2x faster than the Intel X4500MDH in the Acer Timeline 3810T, which takes venerable Quake 4 from being sticky to smooth.
| Laptop - Far Cry 2 - low quality - 800x600 | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI CR610 Tigris | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 28.91 | 54.45 | 8.42 |
The IGP performance delta in Far Cry 2 is over 3x, though.
| Laptop - Far Cry 2 - high quality - 1,366x768 | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI CR610 Tigris | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 7.19 | 15.19 | 0.01 |
While the game does run at 1,366x768 - the panel's native resolution - in high-quality mode, the minimum frame-rate falls to two or three fps on many occasions.
| Laptop - battery life with 480p clip looping | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI CR610 Tigris | MSI X-Slim X600 | Acer Timeline 3810T |
| 151 | 205 | 346 |
The two MSI laptops have screens which are roughly the same size - 16in vs. 15.6in - but the CULV-powered's battery has a 20 per-cent greater capacity. Coupled with the low-power platform, the X600's mobile longevity is around 35 per cent greater.
Still, 2.5 hours of video from a 49WHr battery is, again, reasonable for a large-screen notebook. We reckon that MSI should come to market with a 60WHr-plus battery as standard.
