We have seen lately some hardware makers switch from the Intel video chips or the SIS graphic chips to the nVidia ION and some of you have asked if that helps. I’m currently testing the Ruvo Mini Cap 7 but using the nVidia ION Graphic Chip instead of the SIS 672 and the next two pictures show how the W7 graphic scores changed depending on what chip the device was using.
Using the nVidia ION
And the next one is using the SIS 672
A noticeable difference.
Should I say new? No really, let’s check the picture posted at Lenovo’s website and compare it with another device I was lucky enough to review:
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| From Lenovo’s Page | Ruvo Mini Cap 7 |
Ultra-slim, space-saving mini PC. Fits anywhere-table, living room or even the kitchen counter. Pair it with your TV to output to larger a screen and watch videos or play games.
Lenovo used to be an IBM company that made and designed their own machine. Lately (After it was bought by a Chinese based company) I have experienced issues in their machines and now I found that they are just rebranding machines made by somebody else.
BTW, I just received a second version of the Ruvo Mini Cap 7 but this time using a different graphic chip, it’s not using the SIS and I’m expecting to see a better performance in this one.
I installed today W7 in this device from Ruvo. I suspect that this demo unit has a SSD because W7 installation went super fast, less than 20 minutes. All drivers were working right after the installation, the only one with some issues was the Sound one, but after installing the provided driver for Vista everything was working fine.
I going to start running some tests later but here is the first one for those that have been asking. W7 Performance score.
Here is the same screen taken from my Fujitsu P1610 that can be used as reference.
Without any doubt, the Mini Cap 7 performs a little bit better than the P1610.
The Mini Cap 7 can be ordered at todoumpc.
