NEW Reviews Beta Feedback

Gateway 710X Peak Performance

70

Good

Avg User Rating
0 User Reviews | add yours »

Full Specifications
Overall rating	83
Street price when ranked	Inexpensive: $2600 (6/25/04)
WorldBench 5	Fair: 88 (Windows XP Home)
Base configuration	Very good
CPU	3.2-GHz Pentium 4
System memory	1024MB of DDR400 SDRAM
Hard drive (GB)	250GB
Monitor size and model	17-inch Gateway FPD1730 LCD
Graphics	256MB NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Case type	Midsize tower
Open bays, slots	1 internal and 2 externally accessible bays, 2 slots
Extra features	Very good
Removable-media drives	8X DVD±RW and 16X DVD-ROM drive, media card reader
Sound card	Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Speakers	Gateway GMAX 2100
Communications	V.92 modem, network adapter, 8 USB 2.0 ports, 2 FireWire ports
Software	Microsoft Works Suite 2004, Pinnacle Expressions 2
Other	None
Graphics quality	Very good
Setup and ease of use	Good
Vendor's reliability/service	Good/Fair
	One-year parts and labor warranty; 24-hour daily toll-free support during warranty period

Gateway 710X Performance Review

by Paul Jasper

- The most recent iteration of Gateway's tall, black-and-silver midsize tower, the $2400 710X Performance, came configured with a 3.2-GHz Pentium 4 processor and 1GB of DDR400 memory. The system produced a PC WorldBench 4 score of 127, which is typical for a PC using this processor.

Read Complete Review »