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Xi Mtower 64 AGE-SLI

86

Very Good

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Pros
Blazingly fast
Cons
Expensive price

Pricing: Average: $3559 (8/17/2005)
Performance: Superior: 96
Features: Very Good: 83
Design: Very Good: 85

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Average: $3559

Performance

Superior: 96

World Bench 5 Tests - Superior: 125

World Bench 5 Component Results (seconds)
ACD Systems ACDSee	413
Adobe Photoshop	292
Adobe Premiere	331
Ahead Nero	163
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	231
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	262
Microsoft Office XP	516
Windows Media Encoder	355
Mozilla	329
Multitasking	585
Musicmatch Jukebox	412
Roxio VideoWave	288
WinZip	261

Graphics Tests (frames per second)
Overall Graphics Score	Superior
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	162.33
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	154.63
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	152.37
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	408.36
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	405.75
Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	389.51

Features

Very Good: 83

Basics
CPU	2.6-GHz Athlon 64 FX-55
System Memory	2048MB Memory

Video & Display
Graphics Adapter	EVGA e-GeForce 6800 Ultra
Graphics Board Type	PCI Express
Graphics Board RAM (MB)	256
Monitor Model	ViewSonic VP191b
Monitor Type	LCD
Monitor Size	19

Storage
Hard Drives	2
Total HD Size (GB)	600GB Hard Drive
RAID Type	striped
Optical Drive Type	DVD+R DL/DVD±RW
Optical Drive Speed	2.4

Expansion
PCI Slots	3
PCI Express Slots	3
Open PCI Express X16 Slots	1
Open PCI Express X1 Slots	1
Open Slots	5
External Drive Bays	4
Open External Drive Bays	3
Internal Drive Bays	4
Open Internal Drive Bays	2

Ports
Serial Ports	0
Parallel Ports	1
Front USB Ports	2
Rear USB Ports	6
Front FireWire Ports	1
Rear FireWire Ports	1

Other
Audio Adapter Model	Integrated Realtek ALC850
Audio Channels	5.1 surround
Network Adapter	gigabit network adapter
Case Type	Tower
Operating System	Windows XP Home
Included Software	Corel WordPerfect Office 11

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	Lifetime
Parts Warranty (years)	Three
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	24
Sunday Support Hours	24
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Design

Very Good: 85

Xi MTower 64 AGE-SLI Review

by Richard Jantz

- The blazing speed of Xi's MTower 64 AGE-SLI should provide plenty of power for graphics professionals as well as for gamers looking for extreme performance--it's one of the fastest performers we've seen. Using a 2.6-GHz AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 and 2GB of DDR400 SDRAM, our test model scored 125 in our WorldBench 5 tests, the highest mark recorded so far.

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