Discussion on Centrino 2's performance/under performance

Intel recently posted a performance issues with its latest and perhaps the greatest Centrino 2 graphics silicon discussions.

The discussion focused on a critical feature of its Centrino 2. The Centrino 2 is currently seen as the only microprocessor that has the capabilities to integrate its graphics on the chipset itself, instead of the conventional graphic cards. The Centrino 2 is capable to play High Definition (HD) Video with its full hardware decode.

In a blog post by Aaron Brezenski, stated that the comparison that was done by the competitor on a recent event wasn’t clear cut and it wasn’t a fair comparison. On one occasion, the competitor claimed that the Intel’s are running at 95 to 100 percent CPU while running Blu-ray.

Brezenski claimed that it was evident that the Centrino 2 codenamed Montevina wasn’t at it’s peak performance judging from the spike of processor usage. He claims that hardware acceleration was not working properly.

While looking at the results of some test ran by testers, Brezenski thinks that it could be a player software issue that is not configured properly, which resulted in the increased processor load.