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Pros

  • Good audio, if you enable Dolby enhancements
  • Beautiful display with excellent 3D support

Cons

  • Overall unit is quite unattractive
  • Pioneer Blu-ray drive is very noisy

At A Glance

Sony includes Nvidia’s 3D Vision with its latest 16-inch laptop, but it’s more attuned to stereoscopic movies than to games.

Manufacturer’s Description

The Sony VAIO VPCF215FX/BI 3D Notebook PC in Full HD 1080p creates an immersive viewing experience with images so realistic you feel like you are part of the action whether you watch in 2D or 3D. And it's loaded for all-out performance with the quad core Intel Core i7-2630QM 2.0GHz processor, 1GB dedicated NVIDIA GeForce graphics and 6GB of fast DDR3 RAM.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number VPCF215FXBI
Processor
Processor type Intel Core i7
Processor speed 2000.0 MHz
Cache size 6.0 KB
Processor count 4
Memory
Memory size 6000.0 MB
Memory type DDR3
Memory speed 1333.0 MHz
Display
Display size 16.0 inches
Display type Matte LCD with LED Backlight
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Storage
Drives included 1.0
Drive size 640.0 GB
Hard Drive Speed 7200 RPM
Other storage
  • SD/MMC Card
  • SDHC Card
Drive type Hard Disk Drive
Ports and Connections
SD/MMC Card 1
Ethernet Type 10/100/1000 Mbps
Firewire 1
MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) Yes
SDHC Card or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) 1
Wireless connection 802.11 n/b/g
Video Interfaces
  • HDMI
  • VGA
Audio Interfaces RCA Digital Coax (S/PDIF)
Slots
  • SD/MMC Card
  • SDHC Card
Dimensions
Width 15.7 inches
Depth 10.6 inches
Height 2.0 inches
Weight with Accessories 8.6 pounds
Weight 6.9 pounds
Sound
Speakers Stereo
Included Software
Included Software Coral WinDVD BD
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Other Features
Docking Station Port No
Devices
  • Built-In Microphone
  • Built-In Webcam
Input devices
  • Keyboard
  • Touchpad (multitouch)

Performance

Overall Performance
WorldBench 6 Score 117
Battery
Battery Life 2:33  (hh:mm)
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 244  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 351  seconds (lower is better)
File Compression 192  seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation
Image Editing 325  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 308  seconds (lower is better)
CPU Graphics Rendering 230  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 456  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 264  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 180  seconds (lower is better)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 321
Gaming
Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 800 by 600 153.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 1024 by 768 123.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 1680 by 1050 64.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 800 by 600 117.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 1024 by 768 101  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 1680 by 1050 53.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 800x600 46.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1024x768 37.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 21  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 800x600 76.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 65.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 41  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 800x600 55.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1024x768 43.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 23.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 800x600 123.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 99.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 50.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080 18.9  Frames per second (higher is better)