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
  • Memory Stick
  • SD Card
  • SD/MMC Card
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
  • Memory Stick
  • Memory Stick PRO
  • SD Card
  • SDHC Card
  • SmartMedia
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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