Gigabyte unveils Booktop 1305

By: Raghav Kapoor

The 13-inch big brother of the 10-inch Booktop M1022

Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of computer hardware products best known for its motherboards. Established in 1986, it has emerged as one of the top companies in terms of manufacturing hardware for computers.

Gigabyte 1305 Booktop was recently unveiled at an event in Taipei and is the big brother of the 10-inch Booktop M1022. It features quite an impressive spec sheet which includes:

• Intel CULV processor with Intel GS45 chipset
• GMA 4500MHD graphics
• 2GB DDR3 RAM
• 2.5” SATA 500GB HDD
• 6-Cell 3800mAh battery
• Operating System: Windows 7
• Fingerprint scanner
• Built-in Webcam
• HDMI port
• Docking station included

It also features a removable DVD drive which can be replaced with a 4-hour battery. Other ports on the dock include 6x USB, VGA and LAN.

About GMA 4500MHD Graphic Card

The GMA 4500MHD for laptops was launched on July 16, 2008 and is used in GS45 chipsets. It is capable of “full 1080p high-definition video playback, including Blu-ray disc movies.” It features a DirectX 10 capable onboard graphics adapter in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset of the Centrino 2 platform (Montevina). The chip has no dedicated graphics memory, but takes dynamically an amount from the main memory (up to 384 MB).

Compared to the predecessor GMA X3100, the GMA 4500MHD has two more shaders and a 33 MHz higher core clock speed. Therefore, the chip is noticeably faster than the older one (especially in 3DMark06).

Compared to other modern integrated graphic cards like the Nvidia GeForce 9400M (G 102MNVIDIA GeForce G105M) or AMD ATI Radeon HD 3200, the GMA 4500M HD is noticeably slower and provides less optimized drivers for games.

A new feature of the GMA chip, are the integrated HD video-decoding functions. The GM45 is able to decode HD-videos in the formats AVC, VC-2, and MPEG-2 to help the CPU.