Sony Vaio VGN-FW11J
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-FW11J (Vaio VGN-FW Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Display: 16.4 inch, 16:9, 1600x900 pixels
Weight: 3.1kg
Price: 1200 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section Vaio VGN-FW (Series) Vaio VGN-FW11J (Model)
Average Score: 76% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: 60%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-FW11J
Foreign Reviews
76% PC raus, Notebook rein
Source: PC Go - 12/08 
, Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 76% price: 80%
HD-Notebooks: Blu-ray zum Mitnehmen Dell Studio 1735, Sony VAIO VGN-FW11J
Source: ZDNet
online available, Medium, Date: 10/02/2008
Rating: display: 60% mobility: 60%
Comment
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650: The Hd 3650 is a middle class graphics card (in 2008) and compareable to an 8600M GT GPU from Nvidia. It is fabricated in 55nm process and due to Avivo video engine the graphic card can support the processor with several video operations (HD video too).
These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
P8400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.4":
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.1 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
Sony: Sony is a notebook manufacturer of medium size according international market shares. There exist a lot of reviews about Sony notebooks. The total ratings and price/value ratings are good above average.
76%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
