Things are rather strange in Quake 3, too: in the first test mode (640x480; 16 bit; Lighting:Vertex; Detail:Low; Texture Quality:16 bit; Texture Filter:Bilinear) the performance of the ASUS A4S00K is higher than that of the Acer Ferrari 3200 by 17 percent. In the second mode (1024x768; 32 bit; Lighting:Lightmap; Detail:High; Texture Quality:32 bit; Texture Filter:Trilinear) their results are similar as you can see from the next table:

The following diagram is based on the data from the table:

The results of the tests are quite mysterious - the difference is too big for two so similar configurations!

Next, I measured the battery run-down time of the notebooks with the help of Battery Eater Pro 2.30 at the highest and lowest screen brightness settings, and in three test modes:

• Classical - the system bears the maximum load;
• Reader's test;
• DVD viewing test.

The results of the test are presented below:

I won't call that a record-breaking performance, but after all these are not small sub-notebooks specifically targeted at a longest possible battery life time.