New mini owner, just bought another :)

just got mini , love it! replaces 17"c2d mbp sold in march, 2010 pay car repair. i've been ipad past 2 years! ordered dad base mini, setting him in few minutes.

anywho, here brief benchmarks did of halo ub:

1280x720 high, lens flare high, no aa
average frame rate=167.79fps

1920x1080 high, lens flare high, no aa
average frame rate=96.87fps

1920x1080 high, lens flare high, 4x aa
2500mhz, 4096mb
total time=88.19s
average frame rate=53.29fps
below 5fps= 1% (time) 0% (frames) (1.515s spent in 4 frames)
below 10fps= 1% (time) 0% (frames)
below 15fps= 6% (time) 1% (frames)
below 20fps= 11% (time) 2% (frames)
below 25fps= 11% (time) 3% (frames)
below 30fps= 19% (time) 6% (frames)
below 40fps= 37% (time) 18% (frames)
below 50fps= 50% (time) 28% (frames)
below 60fps= 62% (time) 41% (frames)
###sound options###
hardware acceleration= no
sound quality= high
environmental sound= no
sound variety= high
###video options###
resolution= 1920 x 1080
refresh rate= 0 hz
framerate throttle= no vsync
specular= yes
shadows= yes
decals= yes
texture quality= high

lightroom 3 runs smooth butter, halo 2 under windows 7 runs great (30-50fps) every setting maxed, 4xaa 1920x1080.

mini specs in sig. stock 2011 6630m.

 

more benchmarks incase finds them interesting.

windows 7 experience rating

stock mini 2.3ghz hd3000, 2gb ram

processor 6.9
memory 5.5
graphics 5.8
gaming graphics 6.3
hard drive 5.7

stock mini 2.5ghz 6630m, 4gb ram

processor 7.1
memory 7.4
graphics 5.8
gaming graphics 6.6
hard drive 5.9

of note: both tests performed on clean install of windows 7. both tests performed twice, numbers same both times.

interesting findings: memory test of 2.3ghz surprisingly low, assume because of amount (2gb) , not speed, both use 1333mhz ram.

hard drive: both mini's have same toshiba 500gb 5400rpm hdd, windows on 50gb partition on both mini's. not sure why 2.5ghz rated higher.

graphics: why rating of hd3000 same 6630m? thats why paid 200 bucks!

gaming graphics: 6630m .3 higher hd3000, can play halo 2 @ 1900x1080 high, 4xaa 30-50fps, not bad, hd3000 not bad makes out be?

 

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