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If the Sony Vaio FE31B with Geforce Go 7400 video card is compared to other multimedia notebook which are equipped with a Geforce 7600 or a ATI X1600 video card, it rates relatively moderate regarding its 3D performance. Sony VAIO VGN-P27H/R Battery
On the contrary, it clearly won against notebooks with integrated graphic solutions (GMX 900/950) in the fields of office applications.The comparison of PCMark benchmarks led to similar results. The notebook rates clearly worse than notebooks with better video cards. But it must be admitted that FE31's Intel Core 2 Duo processor is a high-performance CPU, which has sufficient computational power for all office works. Sony VAIO VGN-P27H/W Charger
The weak point in the fields of graphics is surely its NVIDIA Geforce Go 7400 video cards.Besides the following benchmarks, we checked the notebook with some games. The action-shooter Serious Sam 2 was only playable at a resolution of 1024x768 with medium details and without AA. Still, the display flickered sometimes. Sony VAIO VGN-P29H/Q Battery
Fifa 2007 Demo run at about 50-60 fps (default resolution of the demo). Still, we could observe slight streaks.Further information about the video card can be found here and in our Comparison of mobile video cards. Detailed information about the Core 2 Duo T5500 CPU can be found here. Sony VAIO VGN-P35J/Q Charger
Please also look at our benchmark list of mobile processors and at our benchmark list of mobile video cards, in order to compare this notebook to other configurations.As generally known there's no accounting for taste. Still, the Sony Vaio VGN-N11M was criticized quite often by us. The most amusing answer to the design: "Look's like a children's computer". Sony VAIO VGN-P35J/R Charger
Now to the facts: The plain silver notebook with white cover is not decorated in any way. The used materials do not seem to be of high-quality, the gaps are by not means even. Nearly already typical Sony, the battery is wobbling in the case. The biggest weakness is, however, the loud creaking noise. If one picks up the notebook, puts it under pressure, or even opens or closes the display, the whole bottom trough creaks. This does not really lead to a positive picture - however, the used materials are rather flexural rigid. Sony VAIO VGN-P37J/G Battery
The notebook is not even brilliant at the number and kinds interfaces. Only 2 USB ports are too few nowadays. Furthermore, there is no TV out and only one analog display out. This would be acceptable for a subnotebook, but in this notebook class this fact leads to a devaluation. In addition to this, most of the ports are placed at the right side - this is disturbing for right handers using an external mouse. Sony VAIO VGN-P37J/N Charger
Front side with Cardreader
The keyboards properties are similar to those of the FE31B or C-1. Short way, comfortable key size, good layout and good ease of use are the features. The keyboard is tight in the case and there aren't any deflections. Sony VAIO VGN-P37J/Q Battery
Even the touch pad could convince through good floating properties and response. The two touch pad buttons are of sufficient size and work properly.The bright 15.4 inch X-black display convinces through an excellent brightness of up to 187 cd/m². Therefore, one gets hardly aware of reflections (There isn't any antireflection coating applied to it, in the contrary to e.g. the FE-21M). The illumination of 83% is a good average value, whereas the right top edge is darkest. The relatively bright black valu 1.0 cd/m² has an acceptable contrast of 187:1 as a result. Sony VAIO VGN-P37J/R Charger
Because of the Intel parts, (Core Duo, Intel Chip set with integrated graphics) the Sony Vaio VGN-N11M has a sound office performance. However, the 512 MB main memory of the standard equipment seems to be to small for demanding applications, i.e. video processing. Because the video card dynamically uses up to 8-128 MB of it, there can be delays when using more than one program at a time. Sony VAIO VGN-P37J/W Battery
