Sony VAIO UX490 gets Hulkified by U7600 mod

The last VAIO UMPC mod we saw swapped out the UX280 CPU for a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U7600, but this new UX490 tweak beats the pants off that by a long shot. According to "computercowboy," a forum member on Micro PC Talk, he's managed to push his handheld to a 45,999 score in Crystal Mark, easily besting the UX280's 30,069. The swap of this CPU into the UX280 results in radically higher FPU and ALU figures, making it the "fastest UX in the world" -- or so says the modder. Now it's only a matter of time before someone comes along and overclocks this thing, a move which will undoubtedly result in badly singed hands and a melted VAIO -- don't say we didn't warn you!

[Via UMPC Portal]

[avester @ Sep 29th 2008 2:42PM]

Wouldn't it be the time to get something slightly bigger if you need all that CPU power...

I mean, 30 mins of battery power and all...

But, congrats on the "fastest UX in the world", that takes some soldering skills!

[qrius @ Sep 29th 2008 6:26PM]

i find umpcs to be an awkward size. they are too big for your pocket (no man purse for me!) and so small to type on. so a person's supposed to carry his cell phone, his laptop and this thing?

who is the target market for umpc's anyways?

[UXguy @ Sep 29th 2008 8:01PM]

are you kidding? i LIVE for the man purse!

[NArchY @ Sep 30th 2008 10:33AM]

If only I had the soldering prowess :P