Dell Zino HD Review

Testing Methods

As always we've aimed to test the systems in likely, real-world scenarios that integrated graphics would be used for. We manual played the games and recorded the FPS using FRAPS 3.03, preferring to use games and a 1,280 x 800 resolution likely used by HDTVs and scaled down from mainstream, widescreen TFT sizes: 19in to 21in.

For the video playback testing, we used h.264 clips, trailers and Blu-ray discs, in popular paid-for and free softwares, to measure CPU usage and power consumption in all the platforms. During these tests, the PSU listed below was replaced with a 350W Enermax Eco80 in order to represent a typical, low power and budget ATX PSU that could be paired with these PCs. We also used an Iiyama 21in FullHD (1,920 x 1,080) monitor with HDCP (over DVI) in the Blu-ray playback tests.

PCs Tested:

Dell Inspiron Zino HD

• AMD Athlon 3250e (2x 1.5GHz, 2 core, 2 thread)
  
• 2GB DDR2 800MHz SPD (6-6-6-X)
  
• ATI Radeon HD 4330 512MB
  
• Dell 780G Motherboard



AMD

• ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB
  
• AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition: 3.1GHz (15.5x200MHz), 2 core, 2 thread.
  
• 4GB DDR3 1,333MHz SPD settings
  
• MSI 785G-E65 with 128MB 1,333MHz GDDR3 Sideport Memory (500MHz Radeon HD 4200 IGP, 2.4 BIOS)



Intel

• Intel Core i3-530: 2.93GHz (22x133MHz), 733MHz Intel GMA HD IGP, 2 core, 4 thread.
  
• 4GB DDR3 1,333MHz SPD settings
  
• Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H motherboard (F5m BIOS)



Nvidia Ion (ASRock ION 330HT-BD Net-top)

• Intel Atom D330 (12x133MHz), 2 core, 4 thread.
  
• 2GB DDR2 800MHz at SPD settings (5-5-5-18)
  
• ASRock Ion Motherboard

Common Components

• Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB hard disk
  
• PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W PSU
  
• Windows 7 Home Premium x64
  
• Intel 15.16.5.64.2021 WHQL
  
• GeForce Driver 196.21 WHQL
  
• Nvidia System Drivers 15.51 WHQL
  
• ATI Catalyst 9.12 WHQL
  
• ATI Catalyst 8.69 RC3 (Radeon HD 5450, Jan 14th)