Bought a fancy high end toaster (asus x205ta). Been putting it through it's paces

Specs - quad core 1.2ghz atom with T.B. to 1.8ghz. 2GB of ram, 1366x768 screen. eMMC flash drive. Picked up for $125 open box at best buy. The intel HD graphics are very, very low spec. I think they have a passmark score of ~100.

Pretty surprising how capable this is. I don't have many AAA games, but the 2gb of ram is the limiting factor so far. All settings are at the absolute minimum except perhaps draw distance. If it can be disabled through normal settings, it is. There may be parts of the game where it becomes unplayable - I obviously can't play through every game. The load times for some games from USB 2 were pretty long. Running them on the emmc might help them load a little faster. Civ V was the worst for this.

The setup I tested with was a 3tb external HD, and every unnecessary service disabled (windows defender and windows updates included).

Here are my results so far, and I will be updating the list as I try games.

Edit: playable means ~30fps with dips.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cA1pd6ep-RVU7jO9lJy2lndipu_KjqYAUIXVTfSKKiI/edit?usp=sharing

Edit: I tried the games that were unplayable on my trinity A8 laptop, and it demolished them! Be aware that more recent APUs cut the gpu power except in the A10 model. You can often find A10 laptops going for ~$380 new or ~320 refurbed. I got mine from new egg for $278 after a rebate. I find the x205ta a much more enjoyable experience. The 5200 RPM drive makes everything feel sooooo slow.

Posted Jun 23, 2015, 7:26 PM UTC · edited

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