[Gadget Korea have removed all references to the Vega. Details here.]
GadgetKorea got hold of a Vega and managed to do some testing.
Apperently its very good!
The review is was here.
I don’t really understand how they’ve managed to get such video performance out of this device as the built in graphics on the LX800 ‘companion chip’ (as AMD call it.) don’t seem capable of 3D graphics. There must be an external GPU solution in this. The review mentions that videos play well:
play videos at 25fps at a very demanding 800×480 @ 6 channel MP3 6 channel
That is a demanding rate. Something that would definately require a graphics co-processor.
The review also talks about long battery life and upgradeable RAM and HDD. It mentions ‘integrated wifi’ but then goes on to mention that a usb wifi module is included in the package.
Vega data sheet. (Carrypad product portal)
Regards
Steve / Chippy.
August 8th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
[quote]AMD’s Geode LX800 processor and the huge 256MB of RAM.
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Jesus, I have tested XP in 128 MB, 256, 512, and 1 GB so far, and I have found that only with 512 and 1 GB you can see what we can call a normal performance. To consider 256 MB Huge is unbelievable.
August 8th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
I agree. There’s a few things about that review that don’t sound right to me.
Steve.
August 8th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Sounds a bit to good to be true, still looking forward to more hands-on impressions.