Benchmarking 2nd Try: HP tx2051 vs tx2525

Posted by | 12/13/2008 | 17 Comments

As you know, about a week ago I did some benchmarking on the two HP units I have, the tx2051 and the tx2525.  The benchmarking results were a little weird and a few people in the comments suggested a run after a default factory install.  So, after 2 clean(not clean, but ‘factory defaults’) installs I ran the tests again…  This time they are a little hard to look at again!  I’m not too sure what to make of the results but note the differences.  The tx2051, the winner (yes, the old one), has a faster processor and 1 additional gig of memory.  The tx2525 has a better graphics card and those results can been seen in the test results.  I didn’t do a process by process comparison, but the installs appeared to be relatively close in processes and base programs installs.  Both systems were taken through the full Windows Update process as well as the HP software updates.  Any other questions shoot them off.  It’s Saturday afternoon and up next is a Battery Eater test!  Click the read more for the specs and images of the benchmarking results.


HP Pavilion tx2051
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66 – 2.3 Ghz
250 GB 5400 RPM HDD
4 gig DDR2 RAM
Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 – Shared
Vista Ultimate x64		HP Pavilion tx2525
AMD Turion 64 X2 RM-70 – 2.0 Ghz
250 GB 5400 RPM HDD
3 gig DDR2 RAM
ATI HD 3200 – 64MB Dedicated
Vista Ultimate x64
20512525

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  • http://www.gottabemobile.com Matt Faulkner

    @Mario – That is the way it used to be, I remember a discussion and some spec links from an earlier forum thread or somewhere that confirmed that it would flip/switch from dual to single depending on memory used/available. I’ll try and see if I can find that information.

    It was something like 1GB + 2GB SO-DIMMs would run like 1GB + 1GB Dual until memory used moved past 2048, then would go to 1GB + 2GB Single after that.

  • davidm

    @SickOfMcaddicts, I’ve had one Mac in my life, and couldn’t stand it. I’m sure I’ve built more computers than you’ve looked at, starting with 8086s. The reason I am reading this article is I want to see a real contender. The reason I rail against HP is they can’t be bothered to make a really great computer, which the tx series could be, while other companies, ahem, company, do. Everywhere I go, I see Macs taking over like a plague, a few generic netbooks, a bunch of generic Windows systems, and zero TXs (and they are featured in the electronics shops, yet I’ve yet to see anyone even look at one because they look like a cheap model). This is something I’d like to see changed. I’m no Windows fanatic, but nobody in that court is stepping up. I’d like to see real competition in the design and thoughtfulness in a leading design. With apologists and individuals with their hands over their ears like you (who have to resort to insults), companies will just keep on shovelling the same old with minor twists per model.

    @Mario Filipe, thanks for your response. I’d have to see the dv4t in person to judge to see if the individual components really compare, because the unibody design really is important and innovative, and features such as the webcam on a mac book tend to be excellent (sharp, well focusing, work in low light) but not so much on other computers. But my point is that HP should focus and make the TX great, rather than chose to compromise it in important ways.

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