Toshiba Satellite 1905-S277 Notebook

Performance - Return To Castle Wolfenstein

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a fairway taxing game based off the Quake III Arena engine. Let's see how the notebook did in this fairly new game.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein High Quality: 640x480x32 Desktop 1.6GHz Desktop 1.5GHz Desktop 1.4GHz Desktop 1.3GHz Toshiba 1905-S277 47.5 47.5 46 44.2 30.4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 57

At 640x480x32 the desktop systems performed on relatively the same level. The one system left in the dust: the Toshiba Satellite 1905-S277. The drastic difference in performance in this instance is likely not so much due to the differences in clock speeds between the Radeon 7000 and the Mobility Radeon but rather due to the smaller frame buffer on the Mobility Radeon that we had. It seems that Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a texture intensive game and that the Toshiba laptop got penalized for its small frame buffer.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein High Quality: 800x600x32 Desktop 1.6GHz Desktop 1.5GHz Desktop 1.4GHz Desktop 1.3GHz Toshiba 1905-S277 41.4 41.4 41.5 41 25.8 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 42 | 50

Again we see the same trend as we saw at 640x480x32: all the desktop systems performing the same but the Toshiba Satellite 1905-S277 falling behind. At 800x600x32, the notebook fell behind by a full 60%.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein High Quality: 1024x768x32 Desktop 1.6GHz Desktop 1.5GHz Desktop 1.4GHz Desktop 1.3GHz Toshiba 1905-S277 27.6 27.6 27.6 27.6 12.3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 33

1024x768x32 seems to have put the Satellite 1905-S277 in the death grip. The system was only able to output 12.3FPS at this resolution, making it fall behind the desktop systems by 124%.