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Article: Notebook with world's fastest LCD: BenQ Joybook R53 V14.(FIRST LOOKS)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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The BenQ Joybook R53 V14 is a value notebook, delivering good performance at a decent price. Proving its worth as a business and gaming tool, it scored 11899 in 3DMark 2001SE and 84 in WorldBench 5. The new game standard, FEAR, played very well on it, for a notebook, with an average frame rate of 12fps on high settings at 1024x768 resolution in 32-bit colour. That may sound low, but FEAR is an incredibly demanding game. It played at 97fps with optimised display settings.
The R53 V14's design is a stylish curved magnesium alloy case weighing 2.8kg and feel of a very sturdy build quality. On the body of the notebook are four shortcut keys and a built in mic. A nice ...