World's Fastest Netbook -The HP Mini 311!!!

[poofyhairguy]

I don't know if anyone is paying attention to the 3rd party bios's available for the Mini 311, but some recent ones let you overclock the system in the bios:

http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=3744

Thanks to this bios hack I have my N270 Mini 311 up to 2.2GHz, 24 hour Prime 95 stable. The Atom is actually pretty responsive at that speed! After a day of burn in period (with the Prime 95) the system actually stays fairly cool under intense use (tops at 44C). It is almost like HP engineers wanted to sell it at faster speeds, but HP bosses/Intel Partners/Microsoft Agreements prevented it...

OSX now flies on this thing! Project files for OSX:

http://code.google.com/p/hpmini311/

The performance boost is just enough to put it above the Asus 1201N- the previous fastest netbook.

Asus 1201N geekbench:

http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/223174

My geek bench:

http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/223335

Sure the score is close, but my 311's speed boost only took about a little of its original battery life- it still regularly gets over 5 hours in Windows 7!!!

 

[Emulex]

cool. now if you can pad mod a Q6600 into that it would be really something!

 

[merlocka]

Proceed with caution, looks like there are multiple people in that thread that have bricked their 311s

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yeah it seems messing with the memory multiplier does the most damage. Leaving it on auto is recommended.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

The 311's screen is also pretty crappy compared to the 1201n. I was pretty close to buying a 311 but then I saw it next to the 1201n, and the screen on the 1201n is head and shoulders above it IMO.

 

[darkerx]

Hum... guys...
The fastest netbook is mine...
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/241501
(by the way...1201 can be faster then fastest HPmini:http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/225991)

CU

 

[poofyhairguy]

Hum... guys...
The fastest netbook is mine...
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/241501

Traditionally being a Netbook means a small Notebook that uses the Atom. All these CULV systems are more like Subnotebooks who compete with years old multi-thousand dollar Sony, Fujistu, and Lenovo system dating all the way back to the Pentium M.

As is it is my overclocked 311 at 2.2GHZ is about even to a 1.3GHZ CULV single core or a single core 1.6 GHZ Desktop Celeron or a 3GHZ Pentium 4. Obviously a dual core CULV would blow this away.

(by the way...1201 can be faster then fastest HPmini:http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/225991)

CU

That isn't even that high. After I made my claim someone PMed me with a Geekbench of a 1201 overclocked to 2GHZ per core that was in the 1700s on geekbench! The poor 311 can't outdo a dual 1.6 when its overclocked- its only advantage is longer battery life. The 1201n takes the official crown.

With that said the performance of these Overclocked ION netbooks from last year make current day Pine Trail netbooks seem pathetic. I have proven with my Mini that the Atom can clock easily to nice speeds and that even the new 1.8 GHZ Atoms are garbage compared to what we really could have.

But Intel and the hardware makers have a vested interesting in keeping the Atom clocked down so it does not cannibalize the range of more expensive Subnotebooks like you have!

 

[maniac5999]

Well, if we're going to have a netbook E-pissing contest, then I guess I'll have to crash the party with the green team: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/241621 1677 with a stock clocked CPU on my Wind U230 (and GPU OC'd from 500 to 665mhz via Powerstrip) Other than battery life, the AMD Neos may be the best netbooks out there. almost everyone who tries can get their GPU to OC like crazy (I've maxed out Powerstrip, but had trouble using other tools) and knowing the K8 on 65nm, a 25% OC shouldn't be a problem once somebody cracks the clock generator. My CPU is actually undervolted from 0.925v to 0.825v

 

[darkerx]

1.3Kg? Netbook?

My UX490 weighs 524gr...
LOL

 

[maniac5999]

1.3Kg? Netbook?

My UX490 weighs 524gr...
LOL

And cost $2500.00 plus with a 65nm Core2 Solo @1.2ghz I doubt that It'd be that much faster than an Atom.

All of these Netbooks are around the same size, to the point where virtually all laptops with a screen of 12" or smaller could be called a netbook (Alienware M11x excluded)

MSI U230: 11.6" X 7.7" 3.3lbs (My own measurement, and Newegg for weight)
Asus 1201n: 11.65 X 8.19 3.21lbs (Newegg)
HP Mini 311: 11.4 X 8.03 3.22lbs (Newegg)

For comparison, a regular N270 netbook is only a little smaller
Soni VAIO W: 10.54 X 7.07 2.93lbs
Asus 1001p: 10.31 X 7.01 2.8lbs

 

[darkerx]

Well, I must admit that my machine (it's not a stock ux490) is not really a netbook for most people...
It's more little...
It has 7.2mbps 3g...
It has a cellphone...
It's more expensive...
It's the world most little core2DUO notebook...
It reaches 1623 at this silly geekbench stuff (more than 1700 under macosx...), 58k+ at crystalmark 2004

But as netbooks and laptops now have almost merged again... I think that my device is closest to the original 'netbook concept' than any heavier machines available now...

Except for price... well... there is only one after all...
Read here:
http://www.umpcportal.com/tag/sony-vaio-ux490/
or here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/521-4-worlds-fastest-netbook.html

I'm still waiting for a better machine to have at my belt anytime...

 

[BaboonGuy]

I don't know if anyone is paying attention to the 3rd party bios's available for the Mini 311, but some recent ones let you overclock the system in the bios:

http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=3744

Thanks to this bios hack I have my N270 Mini 311 up to 2.2GHz, 24 hour Prime 95 stable. The Atom is actually pretty responsive at that speed! After a day of burn in period (with the Prime 95) the system actually stays fairly cool under intense use (tops at 44C). It is almost like HP engineers wanted to sell it at faster speeds, but HP bosses/Intel Partners/Microsoft Agreements prevented it...

OSX now flies on this thing! Project files for OSX:

http://code.google.com/p/hpmini311/

The performance boost is just enough to put it above the Asus 1201N- the previous fastest netbook.

Asus 1201N geekbench:

http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/223174

My geek bench:

http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/223335

Sure the score is close, but my 311's speed boost only took about a little of its original battery life- it still regularly gets over 5 hours in Windows 7!!!

Pretty sweet! Can it play youtube 720p HD smoothly? How about 1080p HD?

 

[poofyhairguy]

Pretty sweet! Can it play youtube 720p HD smoothly? How about 1080p HD?

Yeah, when you install the Flash beta 10.1 you can play pretty much any Flash content out there.