Pros
- Offers excellent upgradability
Cons
- Disappointing Core 2 Duo performance
At A Glance
The Vitality is a strong performer and offers lots of room for upgrades.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 25361 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 |
| Processor speed | 1860.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 1024.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Hanns G |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | ATI Radeon X1600 Pro |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 250.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 2.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 0.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 2.0 |
| 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 |
| Included Drives | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Five-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 | 5 |
| External Drive Bays | 5 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 108 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 348 |
| Multitasking | 428 |
| WinZip | 346 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 522 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 534 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 334 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 267 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 315 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 277 |
| Adobe Premiere | 365 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 254 |
| Ahead Nero | 531 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 504 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Fair |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 17.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 21.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 38 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 46.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 24.69 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 38.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 51.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 80.81 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 71.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 112.77 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 142.63 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 118 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 186.38 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 258.91 Frames per second (higher is better) |
