Posts tagged hp mini 311
Convert an HP Mini 311′s Ion LE to full Ion with a simple bios flash
Dec 12th
Feeling a little bummed that your HP Mini 311 shipped with the NVidia Ion LE onboard instead of the full Ion? Not a problem.
As with so many hardware tweaks for your 11.6″ beauty, a forum user over at MyHPMini has the solution to your problem.
About halfway through icelord’s post, he offers a 6-step procedure that will convert your Ion LE to a straight-up Ion. There’s hardly any fuss involved, just download three files, create a bootable flash drive, and dump two HP .EXEs onto it. Reboot with the drive, flash, and you’re good to go!
There’s minimal risk involved with this mod since it doesn’t touch your bios (according to icelord).
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Asus Eee PC 1201N gets benchmarked, comes up short
Dec 7th
Chinese site cekpc.net has gotten their hands on an Asus Eee PC 1201N, and in addition to putting up another pile of photos showing off its hotness, they’ve also produced a set of benchmarks. So how does the 1201N perform?
At stock settings (read: not overclocked), the 1201N posted PC Mark 05 scores of 1848 for the CPU, 2197 for memory, and 1425 for graphics. In 3DMark 06, the 1201N scored an overall of 1302 with a CPU score of 798.
So does that dual-core Atom processor under the hood make a difference?
It certainly doesn’t look like that way. MyHPMini forum member Astaroth posted a few days ago about his success with overlcocking the HP Mini 311 and its Ion internals, and his 3DMark scores were substantially better: 1998 CPU and 1777 overall. Granted, I’m comparing a unit at stock speeds with one that has been tweaked, but at first glance it looks like the dual-core Atom N330 doesn’t provide a big boost in horsepower.
If you’re looking for solid performance at a great price – with the added benefit of overclockabaility – you might as well head out and buy an HP Mini 311. Sure, the 1201N can probably be overclocked as well, but I have my doubts about whether it will score significantly better than the 311.
Video – Crysis plays well on HP Mini 311
Dec 6th
A lot of people don’t think that the Atom is capable of handling a heck of a lot of hard work. They’d certainly never expect to find someone playing Crysis on one, for example.
Well, that’s exactly what YouTube user wollsako has done – and he’s been kind enough to share a video with us.
No, this isn’ t the same experience you’d get on a multi-GPU desktop system. Then again, you’re never going to be able to sneak a system like that in your messenger bag or whip it out on a crowded train to get a quick FPS fix. Yes, the HP Mini 311 with its NVidia Ion can run Crysis, and respectably at that.
Other Crysis videos have been shared, though none ran it quite so well as the the HP 311.
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