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MPC (Micron PC) Millennia 920I Creative Studio

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Full Specifications
Overall rating	88
Street price when ranked	Average: $2592 (12/12/03)
PC WorldBench 4	Good: 127 (Windows XP Home)
Configuration	Good
CPU	3.2-GHz Pentium 4
System memory	1024MB of DDR400 SDRAM
Hard drive (GB)	250GB
Monitor size and model	19-inch MPC CM920 CRT
Graphics	128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Case type	Midsize tower
Open internal, external bays, slots	1 internal bay, 3 external bays, 2 slots
Removable-media drives	DVD-R/RW/+R/RW drive, 16X DVD-ROM/48X/24X/48X CD-RW combo drive
Sound card	Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 SB0240
Speakers	Creative Inspire T7700
Communications	V.92 modem, network adapter, 8 USB 2.0 ports, 3 FireWire ports
Software	Norton AntiVirus 2003, Pinnacle Studio 8.5
Other	N/A
Graphics quality	Very good
Setup and ease of use	Good
Vendor's reliability/service	Good/Insufficient data
Support Policy	One-year parts and labor warranty; 24-hour daily toll-free support during warranty period

MPC Millennia 920i Professional Review

by Mick Lockey

- WHAT'S HOT: The Millennia 920i, powered by a 3.2-GHz Pentium 4 processor and a gigabyte of dual-channel DDR400 SDRAM, earned a score of 127 on PC WorldBench 4, matching the performance of the similarly equipped Dell Dimension 8300, as well as being just a hair faster than other systems we've seen with a 3.06-GHz Pentium 4 and a similar amount of memory. Compared with systems using one of AMD's top-of-the-line Athlon XP CPUs, such as ABS's Ultimate M5 with a 2.2-GHz Athlon XP 3200+ and a gigabyte of DDR400 memory, the 920i's performance is about 10 percent slower. The 920i is well-suited to 3D graphics work. Our test system came with an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card (with 128MB of SDRAM), which delivered top frame rates in our tests at 1024 by 768 pixels. With more demanding resolutions of 1280 by 1024 and 1600 by 1200, its frame rates were near the top of the pack. And when playing a DVD movie and the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein, we saw bright, smooth image quality.

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