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The Packard Bell EasyNote TS11 features a i3-2310m to 2.10 GHz without turbo mode. This is a dual core processor with Hyper-Threading family inspiron 6400 akku Bridge. Engraved in 32nm, he sailed 32 KB L1 data cache, 32 KB L1 cache for instructions, 256 KB L2 cache, 3 MB L3 cache. The HD 3000 Graphics will also be integrated into the die in 32 nm (and not in a second package in 45 nm as in Arrandale). The fundamental frequency of 12 processing units is 650 MHz with a turbo mode up to 1100 MHz, as the TDP of 35 watts is not reached. The 642 million transistors of the i3-Core 2310m and occupy 149 mm ².

The plate B156XW02 V6 15.6-inch HD (1366×768) is produced by AUO. It did not start yesterday, and his complaints are familiar: burned with the proper brightness LED backlight, but poor contrast with black. The viewing angles are quite small. Exactly the same mistake as the X timeline … But these common ailments. Heard in the past, the days of neon, was the poor contrast due to the low maximum brightness (150 to 170 cd / m²). With Dell inspiron 1300 akku tiles, easily exceeds 220 cd / m², but because of TN matrixes, black is too light and viewing angle very close. Of course the goal is brilliant … The screen is about average current but with a very even lighting on our model.

Despite its aggressive pricing, the EasyNote TS11 also embeds a dedicated graphics chip. This is a GeForce 520M GT with 512 MB DDR3 64-bit. The GPU at 740 MHz (1480 MHz for the 48 stream processors), clocked the memory runs at 800 MHz, the bandwidth to 12 GB / s. The use of a 128-bit bus, or the use of GDDR5 chips to keep the 64-bit bus would have doubled the bandwidth.The GeForce GT 520M in turn is slower than the Radeon HD 5650 in the timeline. The benefits are comparable to the GeForce GT 330M equipped, many Toshiba pa3534u-1brs in 2010 (2010 MacBook Pro, for example, we have scores). It allows you to play with the settings urged elderly up to the title, but also the “last” game subject to compromise.

The Intel HD 3000 Graphics shows the performance far below that of a dedicated GPU. She is not able to run our group of games with maximum settings. We need to be reduced with the graphical capabilities to a minimum. Even under these conditions, the Radeon HD 3000 Graphics 320M behind the 11.6-inch MacBook Air and Dell vostro 1520 akku modest Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz.There are a blast, but no high notes or whistles (always uncomfortable). After several hours of play, the i3-2310 stabilized at 70 ° C and the GeForce GT 520M at 62 ° C. The left side of the laptop where the CPU and the GPU gets hotter than the right, which the burner but nothing alarming or uncomfortable even in heavy use buildings.

Optimus technology automatically switches between HD 3000 and GeForce Graphics GT 520M puts in a fully transparent and switchable graphics with AMD a painful flicker of the screen for several seconds, with excursions not understand some of the windows (if not only, because to open this or that program fail) . In addition,Dell inspiron 1420 akku is possible to use the GeForce or Intel-force and the change of power source does not lead to a change between graphics processors. Note also remain that the frequencies of the GeForce 520M GT fixed to its maximum, regardless of the use of the GPU.

Let’s start with the simplest: the noise. The TS11 is a silent computer Easynote. In the office, the fan is not running all the time. When it starts, the noise level is only slightly higher than the hard disk. In a room with normal sound, so it’s hard to hear. We measured 33 dBA at “height” of the head with the Dell inspiron e1505 akku on the desk. The meter responds only to start the fan. Still in office, transfer the GeForce GT 520M generates no more than inconvenience. The fan runs all the time at the lowest speed. Also in the tests with the games, the TS11 is not loud with a bit more than 37 dbA.