Advent Android tablets set to hit the Dixons Group stores shortly

[Guest bewA]

Huh? What's happening at 4pm?

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home time? B)

[Guest removed-14]

Huh? What's happening at 4pm?

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More stock available on DSG sites... or so some people think.

Boy i'm a right keyboard warrior today! Lol

[Guest alfe]

More stock??? thats what they said on twitter or have i read wrong?

[Guest StarmanUK]

More stock??? thats what they said on twitter or have i read wrong?

http://twitter.com/#!/adventvega

What they've been saying indeed.

[Guest alfe]

Nothing yet ... bet its up when im not near a computer B)

[Guest TylerDurdenK]

was this number on the advent vega (tegra2) pad ???

can you confirm ?

if this is true we would have the following overview:

1. 
   droidfish aka stockfish on:
   
   Palm Pre 500mhz (Webos1.4.5): ~8.000 NPS
   APAD Rockchip 600mhz (android1.5): ~10.000 NPS
   Palm Pre oc. 800mhz (Webos1.4.5): ~13.000 NPS
   ZT-180 10,2" Pad : ~15.345 NPS
   Palm Pre oc. 1Ghz (Webos1.4.5): ~16.000 NPS
   Iphone4 1 Ghz: ~75.000 NPS
   HTC HD2 with 1Ghz (android2.2): ~100.000 NPS
   Samsung Galaxy Tab ~108,500 NPS
   Advent vega tegra2 1Ghz (android2.2): ~131.700 NPS
   
   Laptop T7600 2.2Ghz 1 core, windows: 1.000.000 NPS
   

Yes indeed. I can confirm that I got that score from my new Advent Vega, after following your instructions.

[Guest paulsmith]

My Vega has been 'out for delivery' since 10:30am this morning.

God know what DHL are doing.

[Guest captainsensible]

*twitching*

[Guest alfe]

Am i the only nob that is refreshing screen every 2mins !!

Dont want to miss out again!

[Guest StarmanUK]

AdventVega Advent Vega

We're still here, don't worry. We'll tweet before the stock is live; our merchandisers are working to get it in and online soon

@ 16:50

[Guest terdbin]

@ 16:50

from twitter:

We are allocating stock to online now. We just need to make them live. start looking soon

on your marks, get set....

[Guest coolius]

Anyone thinking of buying a Vega might want to wait a few months: http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/23/acer-in...ndroid-tablets/

Edited November 23, 2010 by coolius

[Guest daniel.weck]

was this number on the advent vega (tegra2) pad ???

can you confirm ?

if this is true we would have the following overview:

1. 
   droidfish aka stockfish on:
   
   Palm Pre 500mhz (Webos1.4.5): ~8.000 NPS
   APAD Rockchip 600mhz (android1.5): ~10.000 NPS
   Palm Pre oc. 800mhz (Webos1.4.5): ~13.000 NPS
   ZT-180 10,2" Pad : ~15.345 NPS
   Palm Pre oc. 1Ghz (Webos1.4.5): ~16.000 NPS
   Iphone4 1 Ghz: ~75.000 NPS
   HTC HD2 with 1Ghz (android2.2): ~100.000 NPS
   Samsung Galaxy Tab ~108,500 NPS
   Advent vega tegra2 1Ghz (android2.2): ~131.700 NPS
   
   Laptop T7600 2.2Ghz 1 core, windows: 1.000.000 NPS
   

Samsung Galaxy Tab (1GHz ARM Cortex A8 Hummingbird single-core processor, PowerVR SGX540 GPU probably totally unused by this test)

114,000 max, going down to 110,000 after 2 minutes (tested twice with consistent results).

I'm glad to hear about the higher results from the NVidia Tegra 2 T250, which shows that it is not just GPU power, but also raw computational performance. Imagine this chess solver optimized for dual core processing !! B)

Edited November 23, 2010 by daniel.weck

[Guest daniel.weck]

Has anyone tried Quadrant and Linpack yet ? (I like the chess solver, but it is worth trying a variety of performance benchmarks)

[Guest T4ylor]

They are available again for anyone who wants to get there hands on one but be quick

Edited November 23, 2010 by T4ylor

[Guest obb]

They are available again for anyone who wants to get there hands on one but be quick

GO GO GO !!!!!!!!

Just got my order in about 5 mins ago must have pressed the add button just at the right time ....

'Back of the Net!'

[Guest Paul]

Back on the Currys website and '10POUND' code still working!

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[Guest DrSuave]

ordered from currys

[Guest alfe]

Ordered!!

[Guest Paul]

Bah, mine is out for delivery but hasn't turned up! B)

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[Guest Evil Kaz]

Ordered with the '10POUND' code. Expires today according to HUKD.

[Guest crockwit]

They are on sale again. B)

[Guest captainsensible]

Ordered!!!

[Guest mclanecxantia]

If the app you're testing with is multithreaded and able to take full advantage of the two cores on the Vege that number looks plausible.

i don't think the program is using more than 1 core in the moment.

the PC program can be setup to use 1-8 cores (if you would have a pc with 8 cores).

but i doubt the compilated versions for mobiles or pads has this function implemented yet.

of course with the devices coming with more than 1 core, the programmers will maybe reconsider

and make the program multi-cpu/core usage.

i will ask the programmer. IMO what we see with all the different results is the different types of CPUs have different types

of performance. take e.g. the cpu in the palm pre overclocked to 1 Ghz and relate it with the HTC HD2 and android also on 1 Ghz.

the snapdragon cpu in the HTC mobile is much faster than the cpu in the palm pre.

and as it seems the tegra2 in the advent vega is faster than those 1 Ghz snapdragon cpus.

[Guest dwok]

Ordered. Phew, mad rush B)

@coolius: no mention of price and got to wonder if they could hit that date.