Sony Vaio VGN-CS118E

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-CS118E

60% Sony VAIO VGN-CS118E 14.1-inch Thin and Light Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews Archive.org version

The Sony VAIO VGN-CS118E avoids much of the bulk of many laptops in this class because it uses a smaller 14.1-inch display over more common 15.4-inch or the newer 16-inch panels. It also has some decent performance thanks to its strong Core 2 Duo P8400 processor and large hard drive. The downside is that this system lacks a dedicated graphics processor that most in this price range now include and Sony decided not to include such peripheral connectors as HDMI or eSATA.

3 von 5, Leistung mäßig, Mobilität gut
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 60% mobility: 80%

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90% Đánh giá của biên tập viên
Source: Aha.vn VN→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/21/2009
Rating: Total score: 90%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» 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:

Middle class dual core CPU with a TDP of 25 Watt. For high end gamer the performance could be not sufficient (for class 1 graphic cards).

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