WinBook J4 Pentium 4 2.4GHz

Performance - Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

Although we planned on using only Serious Sam: The Second Encounter scores for the systems running under extreme quality, we felt it was necessary to run the game under default quality to show how much the J4 is hurting by using an SDR memory bus and a crippled Mobility Radeon 7500 solution.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Default Quality 640x480x32 Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 103.3 102.1 100.3 | 0 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 83 | 103 | 124

Right off the bat we see the unexpected. The WinBook J4 2.4GHz and the desktop 2.4GHz machines are both beaten out by the Compaq Presario 2800T at 1.7GHz. Why is this, you ask. Well, it is because Serious Sam is a very memory bandwidth intensive test and the use of an SDR memory bus on the J4 and on the desktop system we tested really slows the performance down. Even on a processor that is 700MHz faster and a video card that is slightly faster, the SDR bus cripples the desktop 2.4GHz machine enough to cause it to be outperformed by the DDR Compaq notebook.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Default Quality 800x600x32 Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 87.6 80.9 74.3 | 0 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 70 | 88 | 105

Again, the SDR bus and slower Mobility Radeon 7500 holds the J4 system back. The J4 is the slowest of the bunch, being outperformed by the Compaq Presario 2800T at 1.7GHz by 18%.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Default Quality 1024x768x32 Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 66.9 57.4 53.5 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 54 | 67 | 8

The DDR memory bus used by the Compaq Presario 2800T really shines in Serious Sam. Even the faster processor of the WinBook J4 does not give it the oomph it needs to outperform the 2800T.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Default Quality 1280x1024x32 Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 46.9 39.7 35.9 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 38 | 47 | 56

Things stay the same at 1280x1024x32 thus proving our point: the WinBook J4 2.4GHz is severely penalized by using an SDR memory bus and a slower clocked Mobility Radeon 7500.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Extreme Quality 640x480x32 Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 75.2 39.9 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 75 | 90

As we crank up the amount of work the video chip must do the performance difference between the desktop machine and the WinBook J4 grows. Even at 640x480x32 the WinBook J4 2.4GHz is running 88% slower than the desktop machine thanks in part to the slow ruining Mobility Radeon 7500 employed by WinBook.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Extreme Quality 800x600x32 Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 60.4 31.6 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 72

The performance difference grows to 91% at 800x600x32.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Extreme Quality 1024x768x32 Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 45.3 21.3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54

And a large 113% at 1024x768x32.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Extreme Quality 1280x1024x32 Desktop 2.4GHz SDR WinBook J4 2.4GHz 33.8 12.6 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 41

Finally at 1280x1024x32 the WinBook J4 2.4GHz is a full 168% slower than its desktop counterpart.