Pros
- Cool and quiet
Cons
- Lackluster price-to-performance ratio
- Poor multimedia performance
Bottom Line
Like so many compact PCs, Giada's Slim-N20 sacrifices performance at the altar of economy.
The Specs
| Display | |
|---|---|
| Included monitor | No |
| Processor | |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Processor speed | 1699.84 MHz |
| Bus speed | 166.7 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Atom |
| Cache size | 1.024 KB |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Storage | |
| Other storage |
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| Drive size | 320.0 GB |
| Storage Media | |
| Memory stick | 1 |
| SD card | 1 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Available Interfaces | eSATA |
| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | 1 |
| Slots |
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| Included Software | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 42 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 920 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 661 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | 1058 |
| File Compression | 590 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| DVD Burning | 462 seconds (lower is better) |
| Image Editing | 1174 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 913 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 687 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 492 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 24.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 15 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 15.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 14.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 12.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 12.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 19.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 15.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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