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Dell Dimension 4700

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Full Specifications
Street price when ranked	Average: $1299 (1/21/05)
WorldBench 5	Good: 83 (Windows XP Home)
Base configuration	Good
CPU	3-GHz Pentium 4 530
System memory	512MB of DDR2-400 SDRAM
Hard drive (GB)	160GB
Monitor size and model	17-inch Dell E173FP LCD
Graphics	Integrated Intel 915G
Case type	Minitower
Open bays, slots	1 internal and 0 externally accessible bays, 3 slots
Extra features	Fair
Removable-media drives	16X DVD-ROM, 48X/24X/48X CD-RW drives
Sound card	Integrated 5.1 sound
Speakers	Dell ADA-425
Communications	V.92 modem, network adapter, 8 USB 2.0 ports
Software	Microsoft Works 2004
Other	N/A
Graphics quality	Good
Design score	Good
Vendor's reliability/service	Average/Average
	One-year parts and labor warranty; 24-hour daily toll-free support during warranty period.

Dell Dimension 4700 Review

by Paul Jasper

- The Dimension 4700 replaces the Dimension 4600 (a former PC World Best Buy) in Dell's lineup of value systems. With the 4700, Dell takes advantage of Intel's new 915G chip set to add such new features as 5.1-channel sound and HDTV, wide-screen, and dual-display support. The chip set's built-in Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 graphics controller uses a chunk of main memory, and the 4700 earned modest scores in our graphics tests. Though frame rates and image quality were good, both were lower than what we've seen from similarly priced value systems that use a dedicated graphics card. On the other hand, the new chip set also supports the new PCI express slot, where you can install a faster graphics card if you like; Dell offers an ATI Radeon X300 SE for an additional $51.

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