Pros
- A quad-core system in a compact case
- Attractive 24-inch wide LCD monitor
Cons
- Little internal expansion room.
At A Glance
Medium-sized system offers the quad-core CPUs and strong performance; but, its compact case has little room for expansion.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 1009174 |
| Inventory Number | 25509 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 |
| Processor speed | 2670.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 24.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Gateway FPD2485W |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | ATI Radeon X1950 XTX |
| Video Bus | PCI Express-Crossfire |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 300.0 GB |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 0.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 0.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 2.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Second Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM/CD-RW |
| Included Drives | 2 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Available Interfaces |
|
| Slots | 0 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 3 |
| External Drive Bays | 4 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Rating | Poor |
| World Bench 5 Score | 161 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Very Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 249 |
| Multitasking | 275 |
| WinZip | 168 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 484 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 306 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 240 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 197 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 230 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 183 |
| Adobe Premiere | 247 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 184 |
| Ahead Nero | 185 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 308 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Superior |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 161.93 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 167.83 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 175.23 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 175.97 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 175.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 200.59 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 209.04 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 215.76 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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