Benchmark Setup - Gateway P-6831 FX: Best Midrange Gaming Notebook Ever
Benchmark Setup
As usual, we ran our standard battery of gaming notebook benchmarks on the P-6831 FX. This includes testing no fewer than 17 games, three battery life rundown tests, and a few other miscellaneous applications and benchmarking suites just for good measure. Normally, we only test at the laptop's native resolution and any other reasonable lower resolutions. In this case, however, we really wanted to see how the GeForce 8800M GTS manages higher resolutions, particularly when compared to the 8800M GTX. Since some of the more expensive models of the Gateway FX notebooks include a higher resolution display, we attached an external monitor in order to also test at 1680x1050 and 1920x1200.
| Gateway P-6831 FX Test System | |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo T5450 (1.67GHz 2MB 667FSB) |
| Memory | 1x1024MB + 1x2048MB Samsung DDR2-667 5-5-5-15 |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 512MB NVIDIA drivers: 167.46 |
| Display | 17" WXGA+ (1440x900) UltraBright Samsung LTN170X2-L02 |
| Hard Drive | 250GB 5400RPM Western Digital (Scorpio WD2500BEVS-22UST0) |
| Optical Drive | Optiarc AD-7563A SuperMulti DVD+/-RW |
| Battery | 9-Cell 86WHr |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit |
Again, note that newer versions of the P-6831 FX laptop now appear to include T5550 processors, which could improve performance by up to 10%. However, we are not aware of any way to determine whether a laptop includes the faster CPU; at least one reader has written to inform us that they received the faster CPU but the sticker and the packaging both reference the T5450. If you want to make sure you get the upgraded CPU, you may want to power up the laptop before you purchase it.
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