Pros
- Superlative speed
- Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music sound card
Cons
- Very expensive
- Funky case design
At A Glance
This expensive system earned our best WorldBench and graphics scores to date.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24956 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 |
| Processor speed | 2600.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | ViewSonic VP930B |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 300.0 GB |
| Other storage | Four-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 | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 3.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 8.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Second Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM |
| Included Drives | 2 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Professionalfessional |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Four-in-one media card reader or Four-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 3 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 6 |
| External Drive Bays | 5 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 142 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Superior |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 273 |
| Multitasking | 341 |
| WinZip | 235 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 497 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 418 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 252 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 225 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 283 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 241 |
| Adobe Premiere | 298 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 232 |
| Ahead Nero | 160 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 401 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Superior |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 97.63 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 107.47 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 116.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 117.13 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 114 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 127.08 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 128.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 131.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 155.43 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 155.93 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 163.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 437.82 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 440.98 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 450.27 Frames per second (higher is better) |
