Pros

  • Impressive performance

Cons

  • Awkward USB ports and power switch

At A Glance

This full-featured, fast PC will appeal to budget-minded gamers looking for high performance at a relatively low price.

The Specs

Pricing
Inventory Number 24852
Processor
Processor type Athlon 64 FX-60
Processor speed 2600.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 1024.0 MB
Display
Included monitor No
Display size 19.0 inches
Monitor model number ViewSonic VX924
Display type LCD
Graphics
Primary Graphics Chipset EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX (two cards)
Video Bus PCI Express-SLI
Video Memory Type DDR3
Storage
Raid type RAID 0
Drive size 398.0 GB
Other storage Five-in-one media-card reader
Expansion slots
Open PCI Express X16 Slots 0.0
Open PCI Express X1 Slots 1.0
Number of PCI slots 3.0
Number of PCI-Express Slots 2.0
Green
Energy Star compliant 0.0
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Speed 16.0
Optical Drive Type DVD±R DL/DVD±RW
Second Optical Drive Speed 16.0
Second Optical Drive Type DVD-ROM
Included Drives 3
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professionalfessional
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Five-in-one media-card reader 1
Available Interfaces
  • FireWire Port (front)
  • Parallel - 25 pin D-shell (IEEE 1284A)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (front) (x3)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x4)
Slots 1
Parallel Port Yes
Case
Chassis style Tower (Midsize)
Internal Drive Bays 4
External Drive Bays 6

Performance

Overall Rating
World Bench 5 Score 123
World Bench 5 Word Score Fair
Office Productivity
Mozilla 284
Multitasking 348
WinZip 298
Microsoft Office XP 520
Content Creation
ACD Systems ACDSee 433
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL 258
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX 237
Adobe Photoshop 291
Windows Media Encoder 249
Adobe Premiere 311
Roxio VideoWave 241
Ahead Nero 400
Musicmatch Jukebox 418
Gaming
Overall Graphics Score Good
Overall Graphics Comments Monitor does not support 1600 x 1200 resolution.
Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 115  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 115.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 115.83  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 115.83  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 137.09  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 137.67  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 137.41  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 138.12  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 153.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 154.27  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit 162.13  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 411.35  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 409.03  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit 430.56  Frames per second (higher is better)