Pros
- Outstanding performance
- Adjustable cooling fan
Cons
- Expensive
- Limited expansion slots
At A Glance
This high-performance, high-priced gaming system lacks the super-slick looks and upgrade options of some of its competitors.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24960 |
| 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 VX924 |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | ATI Radeon X1900 XTX |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 300.0 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 | 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) |
| Five-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 2 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 4 |
| External Drive Bays | 6 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 141 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 272 |
| Multitasking | 334 |
| WinZip | 235 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 512 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 402 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 278 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 220 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 277 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 235 |
| Adobe Premiere | 299 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 233 |
| Ahead Nero | 163 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 400 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Good |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 93.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 98.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 103.43 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 103.63 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 115 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 122.39 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 123.39 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 124.57 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 161.87 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 163.33 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 169.33 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 431.28 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 437.54 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 435.78 Frames per second (higher is better) |
