Sony Vaio VPC-EF Series
Processor: AMD Athlon II P320, AMD Phenom II X3 P820, AMD Turion II P540Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, ATI Radeon HD 4250
Display: 15.6 inch, 17.3 inch
Weight: 3.1kg
Price: 650, 770, 800 euro
Average of 4 scores (from 3 reviews)
mobility: 67%, workmanship: 84%, ergonomy: 81%, emissions: 84%
Sony Vaio VPC-EF2S1E/BI
Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VPC-EF2S1E/BIProcessor: AMD Phenom II X3 P820
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 1024 MB
Display: 17.3 inch, 16:9, 1600x900 pixels
Weight: 3.1kg
Price: 770 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Fast and Elegant? Sony's Vaio notebooks have always been known for their elegant design. In order to also chalk up under its hood, Sony has given the 17 inch Vaio VPC-EF2S1E/BI a Radeon HD 5650 and a Phenom II X3 P820.
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/24/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 87% display: 76% mobility: 67% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 82% emissions: 84%
Sony Vaio VPC-EF2E1E/WI
Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VPC-EF2E1E/WIProcessor: AMD Athlon II P320
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4250
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1600x900 pixels
Weight: 3.1kg
Price: 650 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: 01Net
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%
Sony Vaio VPC-EF37FX/BI
Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VPC-EF37FX/BIProcessor: AMD Turion II P540
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
Display: 17.3 inch, 16:9, 1600x900 pixels
Weight: 3.1kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: Comp Reviews
With the move to AMD's platform, the Sony VAIO EF becomes a much more affordable 17-inch laptop that offers features such as Blu-ray and Bluetooth. The problem is that it sacrifices too much in terms of graphics and performance compared to many other similarly prices laptops now becoming available in the same price range with similar or even better features.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/13/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%
Comment
Sony: Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Japan. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound. The company was founded 1946 with another name and renamed in 1958. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments—electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. Sony is a notebook manufacturer of medium size according international market shares.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650: Middle class DirectX 11 capable graphics card with a power consumption of about 15-20 Watt. Supports Eyevision (up to 6 monitors)
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
ATI Radeon HD 4250: Onboard graphics card (in the RS880M chipset) for AMD processors with Avivo HD support and technically a higher clocked HD 4200.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145: The 5145 is a renamed Mobility Radeon HD 4570 with slightly higher clock rates. Therefore it has no DirectX 11 support and a performance between the 4570 and 5470.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD Phenom II X3:
P820: Mobile 3-core CPU based on the desktop Athlon II X3. Due to the missing level 3 cache and the slow clock speed not really well suited for gamers.
AMD Athlon II:
P320: Entry level dual core processor for 13"+ laptops featuring a DDR3 memory controller.
AMD Turion II:
P540: Entry level Dual-Core CPU with a TDP of 25 Watt. Offers a similar performance as a 2.1 - 2.3 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2 MB Level 2 Cache.
15.6: 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
17.3: Meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
» 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.
3.1 kg:
69%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
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