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Somewhere on teh intarweb "PeeCee" typed:
> "thingy" <> wrote in message
> news:48b7755c$...
>> PeeCee wrote:
>>> Picked one up yesterday for a client to see if it fit's a particular
>>> task.
>>>
>>> Overview:
>>> http://event.asus.com/eeepc/microsit...fications.html
>>>
>>> What was in this particular box:
>>> Eee Box itself (black), Laptop style power supply, screw on stand,
>>> Vesa mounting plate (for back of LCD screen) SPDIF adaptor, WiFi
>>> antenna, Manual, Warranty card, OS restore DVD, drivers CD.
>>> This one had 1GB RAM, Windows XP Home and 80GB HD in two 40GB
>>> partitions (Atom 1.6GHZ CPU).
>>> There are other colours and RAM/HD configurations available
>>> apparently. This site lists some of the variations
>>> http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/...02-desktop-pc/
>>>
>>> Observations:
>>> (Random and not necessarily deep and meaningfull)
>>> Manual basically show's the I/O and controls, how to restore the
>>> OS, all in several languages and that's it.
>>> OS restore DVD and driver CD requires external USB DVD drive (now I
>>> know why I bought that 5.25" USB drive case)
>>>
>>> Bios
>>> Entered through the 'Del' key
>>> Fairly plain, options for Express Gate screen delay (default 10 sec)
>>> No obvious overclocking options.
>>> No power restore options (ie Off/ previous state/ on)
>>> Can power up on LAN and has a RTC Alarm start up.
>>>
>>> Starting Up:
>>> The Express Gate (Linux?) "FUN" OS shows up for 10 seconds before
>>> booting through to XP Home.
>>> From Switch on to the Express Gate Web Browser home page fully
>>> loaded took roughly 45 seconds (includes moving the pointer and
>>> clicking on the Web Icon)
>>> (This is with a WiFi LAN connection)
>>> Flash seems to play ok as does YouTube video's
>>> Express Gate also has a Photo Uploader to Flickr, IM client and
>>> Skype none of which I've tried yet.
>>>
>>> First run of XP was pretty standard, Region, time zone, Keyboard and
>>> Language, though as usual fine tinkering was required afterwards in
>>> the Control Panel / Region tool.
>>> In my case I ran it up without a wired LAN connection but with the
>>> WiFi antenna connected.
>>> Searching for Wireless points from the Wireless app in the System
>>> Tray bottom right found my Wireless LAN & it's configuration (WPA2
>>> PSK) & all I had to do was type in the pass phrase ... connected
>>> (G, haven't got N yet)
>>>
>>> XP Service Pack2 out of the box.
>>> No preinstalled Anti Virus
>>> Acrobat Reader 8 installed.
>>> Windows updates started downloading straight away as you would
>>> expect with any standard XP install.
>>> The Windows Install is bog standard apart from Asus update app's,
>>> Instructions for reinstalling the "FUN" apps (aka Express Gate)
>>> should they get corrupted and an entry for the Realtek chipset.
>>>
>>> Performance:
>>> I've no numbers for you to pick over here, but it seemed to go OK
>>> Though the task my client was looking at was not particularly
>>> onerus I was curious to see how it handled HD video.
>>> i.e. would it make a HTPC?
>>> Well if you want 1080i & up no it won't do, sound goes OK but Video
>>> is just a series of stills.
>>> However bring it back to 720p and it runs just fine.
>>> Now I find usefull as my TV is 720p and with it's small form factor
>>> it's gonna be easy to hide in the other VCR's / Amps, and STB's
>>> Compared to my MediaGate the Eee box is going to be easier to use
>>> (more familialr interface)
>>> I used the Fighter Pilot video here
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...tshowcase.aspx
>>> for HD content.
>>>
>>> For 'work' I loaded Open Office 2.4.1 (no problems) and created a
>>> sample Impress (power point) slide show.
>>> Again it just ran fine.
>>> As did Internet Explorer, Spider Solitaire, Free Cell etc.
>>>
>>> OK it's not a Gamers PC but going on the average office PC I get to
>>> 'fix' I can see these becominig a popular office PC, especially
>>> with it mounted on the back of an LCD screen.
>>> All neat and tidy, no worries with short USB Keyboard & Mouse leads.
>>>
>>> I must congratulate ASUS for putting 1 GB of RAM in, it makes all
>>> the difference to an XP PC.
>>> It shows the other major manufacturers up for the cheapskates they
>>> are. (put 256MB in & charge them double for another 256MB of
>>> 'official' RAM type cheapness)
>>>
>>> Case feels soldid enough, though the little flappy door on the
>>> front is going to go in short order I would think.
>>>
>>>
>>> And did it do what the client wanted?
>>> Yes, but that's another story, but I did measure the power usage at
>>> 23 watts max.
>>
>> What external resolution did you get?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Thing
>
> Further notes
>
> The 'glitch' I had appears to be the Intel Mobile Graphics Acelorator
> keeping a high resolution even when reset in safe mode.
> For some reason Windows (or the intel graphics driver) does not
> automatically go back to the previous resolution if you don't confirm
> it. The aim was to see what the TV did if I feed it 1080 to the PC input
> ie would it show a scaled down image.... no such luck.
> Booting into 'VGA' mode seems to clear it.
>
> Connected to the PC input of my LCD TV or a LCD monitor I get the
> following resolutions
> 640x480
> 800x600
> 1024x768
> 1152x864
> 1280x600/720/768/960/1024
> 1400x1050
> 1600x1200
> 1856x1392
> 1920x1080/1200/1440
> 2048x1536
> all in 8/16 or 32 bit colour, 60/75/85 refresh (except 2048x1536 no
> 85hz) Plus 640x480 and 800x600 in 16 colour
>
> Pluging into my LCD TV via HDMI (used a DVI > HDMI cable from Jaycar)
> The Eee box came straight up at the TV's native 1360x768 (actuall TV
> spec is 1366x76
> Other resolutions available were
> 720x576 (standard DVD)
> 1600x900
> 1920x1080

Hi Paul.

Any chance you can run CPU Mark 1.0 on that EEE box? It's hard to find now
but I've just uploaded it at:

<http://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01FZUNxa0RENlJFQlE9PQ>

You'll just have to change the suffix from .lol to .exe and run it. It
doesn't install, it just runs. I still use that old version as I have data
for CPUs going back 10 years+ using that benchmark. I'd be really interested
to know what the Atom 1.6GHz gets. (I guessed 120 marks, I could be
over-estimating....)

As a reference, a Pentium 200MMX gets 11.4, a PII 350 22.0, a Coppermine
Celly 900MHz 57.6, a Tualatin celly 1.3GHz 107, an Athlon XP3200+ 208 and my
current system (E7300 @ 3.6GHz) 506. It only tests one core.

Cheers, and TIA if you can do it.
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "PeeCee" typed:
> "~misfit~" <> wrote in message
> news:48ba9911$...
>> Hi Paul.
>>
>> Any chance you can run CPU Mark 1.0 on that EEE box? It's hard to
>> find now but I've just uploaded it at:
>>
>> <http://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01FZUNxa0RENlJFQlE9PQ>
>>
>> You'll just have to change the suffix from .lol to .exe and run it.
>> It doesn't install, it just runs. I still use that old version as I
>> have data for CPUs going back 10 years+ using that benchmark. I'd be
>> really interested to know what the Atom 1.6GHz gets. (I guessed 120
>> marks, I could be over-estimating....)
>>
>> As a reference, a Pentium 200MMX gets 11.4, a PII 350 22.0, a
>> Coppermine Celly 900MHz 57.6, a Tualatin celly 1.3GHz 107, an Athlon
>> XP3200+ 208 and my current system (E7300 @ 3.6GHz) 506. It only
>> tests one core. Cheers, and TIA if you can do it.
>
> Shaun
>
> Have go it, will run ron (later ron!)

Awesome, thanks Paul.
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "PeeCee" typed:
> "~misfit~" <> wrote in message
> news:48bb52d9$...
>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "PeeCee" typed:
>>> "~misfit~" <> wrote in message
>>> news:48ba9911$...
>>>> Hi Paul.
>>>>
>>>> Any chance you can run CPU Mark 1.0 on that EEE box? It's hard to
>>>> find now but I've just uploaded it at:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01FZUNxa0RENlJFQlE9PQ>
>>>>
>>>> You'll just have to change the suffix from .lol to .exe and run it.
>>>> It doesn't install, it just runs. I still use that old version as I
>>>> have data for CPUs going back 10 years+ using that benchmark. I'd
>>>> be really interested to know what the Atom 1.6GHz gets. (I guessed
>>>> 120 marks, I could be over-estimating....)
>>>>
>>>> As a reference, a Pentium 200MMX gets 11.4, a PII 350 22.0, a
>>>> Coppermine Celly 900MHz 57.6, a Tualatin celly 1.3GHz 107, an
>>>> Athlon XP3200+ 208 and my current system (E7300 @ 3.6GHz) 506. It
>>>> only tests one core. Cheers, and TIA if you can do it.
>>>
>>> Have go it, will run ron (later ron!)
>>
>> Awesome, thanks Paul.
>
> Well you're not to wide of the mark....111
>
> Watched with Task Manager Performance page open, 1 CPU at about 75%
> the other at about 25% = 50% showing on the Process tab.

Cool, I thought that's about where it would be.

(It doesn't actually have two cores, it uses "Hyper-threading Technology",
same as the older single core P4s.)

So, at 111 CPU Marks (ver 1.0) it's a bit faster than a Tualatin Celeron 1.3
running on a 440BX chipset (107) and a bit slower than an AMD Applebred
Duron 1.6GHz running on an AMD 760 chipset (11.

Now consider that it's TDP [Thermal Design Power] is 4 Watts and it's
obvious what a wonderful CPU this really is! (Typically the northbridge has
a higher TDP than the CPU in Atom systems.) That Celeron's TDP was 35W and
the Duron was 45W. The Atom is doing a bit less than 40W of work going by
those CPUs for 4W. Amazing!

Now consider that the RAM and NB (and probably HDD I/O) for the Atom is much
faster than the old systems I've just compared it with and it's bloody
brilliant.

If I weren't a hardware junkie and mad overclocker I'd be getting me one of
those. Makes me wonder why I still hang on to older hardware. (I still have
those systems I benched a few years back. <g>)

Cheers Paul, and thanks for running the benchmark.
--
Shaun.

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