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Systemax Vitality DH463

72

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Pros
Offers excellent upgradability
Cons
Disappointing Core 2 Duo performance

Performance: Good: 72
Features: Very Good: 81
Design: Good: 79

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

Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	534
Adobe Photoshop	315
Adobe Premiere	365
Ahead Nero	531
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	267
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	334
Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	21.7
Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	17.9
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	46.2
Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	38
Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	38.1
Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	24.69
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	80.81
Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	51.17
Microsoft Office XP	522
Mozilla	348
Multitasking	428
Musicmatch Jukebox	504
Overall Graphics Score	Fair
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	142.63
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	112.77
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	71.6
Roxio VideoWave	254
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	258.91
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	186.38
Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	118
Windows Media Encoder	277
WinZip	346
World Bench 5 Score	108
World Bench 5 Word Score	Good

What You Should Know about the Vitality DH463

A PC With Little Included RAM Can Do Light Work

This system offers less than 1GB of memory, which is the bare minimum that any full-featured new computer should include. Whether this amount of RAM is optimal for you depends on the PC's operating system: Windows Vista and Apple's Mac OS X don't run well with less than 1GB, Windows XP is fine with 512MB and not too bad with 384MB, and Windows 98 is good with 256MB. Depending on the distribution, Linux can run with as little as 128MB, but most Linux users are better off with at least 512MB--and 1GB is better.

The more installed memory your PC has, the more applications you can run smoothly at once, and the better the system will perform. Upgrading memory in a desktop after you purchase the PC is a snap, but usually it's worthwhile to buy the amount of memory you want preinstalled with the system.