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Review: MSI Wind 12 U230: AMD Congo takes the fight to Intel CULV

by Parm Mann on 27 November 2009, 08:30 3.55

Tags: Wind 12 U230, AMD (NYSE:AMD), MSI

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Video-playback performance

Laptop - 720p clip rendering (Terminator Salvation)
MSI U100 Plus (Intel Atom)MSI U230 (AMD Congo)Acer Timeline 3810T (Intel CULV)
34.731.217


Laptop - 720p YouTube clip (Earth HD)
MSI U100 Plus (Intel Atom)MSI U230 (AMD Congo)Acer Timeline 3810T (Intel CULV)
49.639.320.6


Playing back a 720p H.264 clip and a 720p YouTube clip isn't a problem for either of our test systems. Important to note, though, that Intel's CULV processor makes light work of the task at hand. AMD's dual-core Athlon Neo X2 remains superior to Intel's Atom, but it's no match for the Core 2-derived CULV.


If Windows 7's performance index is anything to go by, Gaming is where Congo's ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 GPU should breeze past Intel's IGPs.