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DirectPC LX-920 Laptop


Author:  Jason Jacobs
Date:  2005.03.07
Topic:  Miscellaneous
Provider:  DirectPC
Manufacturer:  DirectPC





The LX-920

At the time of writing the LX-920 was the high end 17" laptop. At this time the LX-920 is no longer the high end laptop and has been replaced by the LX-940 which offers several added features and upgrades which should result in a healthy boost in performance.

LX-920 Specifications


System Bus/FSB : 800 MHz
BIOS Size/Name : 1x 512KB; Phoenix

Processor
Processor Make/Class : Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood)
Socket Type/Spec : uFC-PGA478
Processor Speed(s) : Pentium 4 3.2/3.0/2.6/2.4 GHz with Hyper-Threading Technology
Cache (L1/L2) : L2: 1024KB

Video and Graphics
Video Memory : 256MB DDR SGRAM
Video Architecture : 8x AGP; ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro; supports Dual-View display
Built-in PC Camera : Yes

Display
17-inch Wide WSXGA+ 1680x1050 UltraBright with Clear Glossy Surface
Memory
Maximum RAM : 2 GB
RAM : DDR333/DDR400 two 200pin SODIMM

Audio
Audio Architecture : AC 97 2.1 compliant
Audio Chipset/Spec : Codec ALC201A
Internal Speaker(s) : 4 + 1 with Sub-Woofer
Audio-Out : 1-S/PDIF
Microphone Audio-in : 1 - mic-in
Headphone Out/Jack : 1 - out
Built-in Microphone/Spec : 1

Communications
LAN : 10/100/1Gig Ethernet;
Internal Modem : 56K V90/92 MDC

PC Card Slot(s)
PC Card Architecture/Chipset : 1x CardBus, 3.3V/5V sockets, 1x type II

Interfaces (Ports)
FireWire : 1- IEEE1394a; TI TSB41LV0
Flash Card Reader : 6-in-1 card reader
Modem Interface : 1- RJ11
LAN interface : 1- RJ45
USB : 2 ports ver. 2.0/1.1
TV-Out : 1 S-Video; ATI M10
External Monitor : 1
Parallel : 1
Serial Port : 1
IrDA : IrDA 1.1 FIR/SIR/ASKIR
PS/2 Port : 1
Port for Security Cable and Lock : 1
Built-in Antenna for Wireless LAN : 2.4GHz
Input Devices
Internal Keyboard : 102 keys/3 hot keys
Built-in instant keys : 3
Numeric Keypad : separate
Internal Pointing Device : touchpad
Battery
Battery : 8 cells; 4,400mAH; approx 1.5 hours

Dimensions
Product Dimensions WxDxH (mm) : 275 x 393 x 36.5 mm
Product Weight (kg) : 3.4 kg without battery
Included Accessories
AC Adapter : 130W; 100-240V, 50-60Hz DC output 22V, 6A

Specification of the review unit were as follows:

P4 3.2GHZ 1MB cache
1GB Ram (2x512) PC3200
Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro 256MB ram
17-inch Wide WSXGA+ 1680x1050 UltraBright with Clear Glossy Surface
PC Cam
6 in 1 Card Reader
2x Dual DVD±R / ±RW w/ Software
Windows XP
40 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
40 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
Raid 0

As it was sent to us the laptop was already begging for testing so we readily complied and ran the LX-920 through the following battery of tests:

Quake 3 Arena
Joint Operations Escalation
Battery
Tech Support
Build Construction



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