[Ed Hansberry]

http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=60

Guillaume has obtained a ROM upgrade for his iPAQ 3970 and has run some benchmark tests comparing the Pocket PC 2002 OS to the new Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC OS. For good measure, he included a 2002 Axim X5 (400MHz) and a new iPAQ 2215.



Overall, there is a 12% increase in the 3970's performance, but if you read the whole article and look at the half-dozen images, you will see where the 3900 series really shines.

[Ed Hansberry]

http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=60

Guillaume has obtained a ROM upgrade for his iPAQ 3970 and has run some benchmark tests comparing the Pocket PC 2002 OS to the new Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC OS. For good measure, he included a 2002 Axim X5 (400MHz) and a new iPAQ 2215.



Overall, there is a 12% increase in the 3970's performance, but if you read the whole article and look at the half-dozen images, you will see where the 3900 series really shines.

[gpspassion]

Just to clarify, the 2215, 3970 (2k2) and Dell results are from the SPB database.

I think the best news here is that WM2003 really breathes new life into the good ol' iPAQ :lol: When I use my Dell Axim it really feels sluggish now!

[Fabulas]

That's what I'm talkin' bout! :way to go:

[sponge]

Wow the 3970 dominates the 2200 in the Graphics index.. now what does that even test for? Anyone have any PocketQuake benchmarks?

[Trokair]

I too have manged to get my hands on a ROM update for my 3970, and was quite amazed to find how fast everything is. To put things to the test, I used the good ol' Chrono Trigger/PocketSNES: Bleeding Edge combination, and lo and behold, it ran at 25-30 FPS! Everything certainly feels much snappier.

-Kyle

[TawnerX]

So much for the official party line to blame everything on "Intel" chip design, and there is nothing can be done on the OS side.

[gpspassion]

Now for the really good news (for GPS fans of course). I'm finding that Intellinav (OEM for Routis, MyNavigator and iGuidance) calculates routes about 5 (yes five) times faster under WM2003 :mrgreen:

I nearly peed my pants when I looked at my stopwatch ;-)

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by gpspassion

I'm finding that Intellinav (OEM for Routis, MyNavigator and iGuidance) calculates routes about 5 (yes five) times faster under WM2003 :mrgreen:

Pocket Backup on a 2003 device backs up 20MB in 2 minutes vs 10-13 on a 2002 device.

[Macguy59]

I'm not getting the graphics index. From everything else I've read about the 2215, it should have come out on top in this to. Confused :roll:

[sponge]

The 2215 uses that damned MediaQ chip, which no one can seem to find a decent use for yet.