Pros
- Nascar lovers will love this themed PC
Cons
- Pretty standard fare under the hood
At A Glance
Kids and die-hard Nascar fans should enjoy this inexpensive, themed--but otherwise typical--value PC.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24746 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 3200+ |
| Processor speed | 2000.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 512.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 17.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Cisnet NCA-701 |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Integrated Radeon Xpress 200 |
| Video Bus | Integrated |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 160.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 1.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 2.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 8.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Included Drives | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Home |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) |
| Five-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 3 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Mini) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 2 |
| External Drive Bays | 2 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 83 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 409 |
| Multitasking | 748 |
| WinZip | 482 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 563 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 657 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 680 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 383 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 380 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 465 |
| Adobe Premiere | 461 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 356 |
| Ahead Nero | 955 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 537 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Fair |
| Overall Graphics Comments | The LCD does not support 1600 x 1200 |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 2.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 2.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 7.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 8.83 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 5.82 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 9.49 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 13.72 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 20.03 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 25 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 37 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 44 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 35 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 58 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 102 Frames per second (higher is better) |
