Asus Eee PC 1015T Review

ASUS Eee PC 1015T - Test Setup

AMD V Series (ASUS Eee PC 1015T netbook):

• AMD V105: 1.2GHz, 1GHz CPU-NB, 512k L2 cache, single core
  
• 1/2GB DDR3 800MHz SO-DIMM (single channel, single DIMM)
  
• AMD M880G chipset with Radeon HD4250 GPU
  
• AMD Catalyst 9.10 WHQL driver
  
• Microsoft Windows Home Premium x64 and 32-bit Starter, Aero Disabled

Intel Atom (Intel D330 mini-ITX reference board):

• Intel Atom D330: 1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512k L2 cache (per core), dual core with HyperThreading
  
• Intel 945GC chipset with GMA950 IGP
  
• 2GB DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM (single channel)
  
• Microsoft Windows Home Premium x64, Aero Disabled

Intel CULV (Dell Inspiron Ultra-thin notebook):

• Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300, 1.3 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache, dual core
  
• 4GB DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM (dual channel, two DIMM)
  
• Intel GMA 4500MHD IGP
  
• Intel 15.12.75.50.64.2023 GPU driver
  
• Microsoft Windows Home Premium x64, Aero Disabled

VIA Nano (VIA Artigo A1100 barebones):

• VIA Nano U2500: 1.2GHz, 800MHz FSB
  
• 2GB DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM (single channel, single DIMM)
  
• VIA VX855 with VIA Chrome9 HCM DX9 IGP
  
• VIA 241004j GPU Driver
  
• Microsoft Windows Home Premium x64, Aero Disabled

We did our best to round up a mixture of systems based on similar hardware from Intel, AMD and VIA, but unfortunately we couldn't get our hands on the latest Intel Atom D525 or N550 for comparison, however even though the D330 uses DDR2 and a lower front side bus, the Atom cores remains the same between them.

We disabled Windows Aero on all the systems because some were not fast enough to handle it. We originally tested the 1015T on its 32-bit Windows 7 Starter Edition with the 1GB of memory it ships with, but then we replaced it with our 2GB of memory to show the comparative and Windows Home Premium x64 as a direct comparative to the other systems tested.

Because the systems are highly integrated (netbooks and laptops), it was impossible to have completely like-for-life comparative hardware. We wanted to show how these 'typical platforms' for netbook, 'ultra-thin' CULV laptops, net-tops and basic desktops compare in the real world rather than just the new CPU specifically.