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Gateway FX6800-01e

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Pros
Excellent performance and expandability
Core i7 920 CPU
Cons
Slightly cluttered internal wiring
Slightly cluttered internal wiring

Performance: Very Good: 88
Features: Good: 74
Design: Very Good: 83

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

Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	370
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	324
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	267
Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	169.6
Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	167.27
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	174.03
Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	173.37
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 1024x768	97.53
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 1680x1050	76
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 1920x1200	68.67
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 2560x1600	45.73
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 1024x768	100.83
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 1680x1050	94.27
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 1920x1200	87.07
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 2560x1600	58.6
Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	220.22
Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	198.16
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	227.52
Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	209.61
Firefox 2	230
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	341
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	203
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	443
Overall Graphics Score	Good
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	197
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768	98.07
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050	95.27
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200	83.24
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600	51.48
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768	162.96
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050	156.32
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600	62.02
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium1920x1200	101.07
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	205
WorldBench 6 Score	115
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Very Good

WorldBench 6 Tests
Multitasking	265

What You Should Know about the FX6800-01e

Good Amount of RAM for Running Multiple Apps at Once

This computer includes between 1GB and 3GB of RAM, our recommended level for a new PC. This much memory lets you run any modern operating system and comfortably work with quite a few applications open. The more installed memory your PC has, the more programs 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 breeze, but usually it's worthwhile to buy the amount of memory you want preinstalled with the system.

To use more than 4GB of memory on your PC, you need the 64-bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista. The PCs that you see equipped with 3GB of memory (instead of 4GB) tend to use the 32-bit versions of Windows that are limited to 4GB of addressable memory, the top portion of which is addressed by the various hardware devices on the system.

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Strengths: great price super fast, great graphics, easy to setup and use right away.

Weaknesses: locked bios, can't overclock the VERY flexible i7 processor, can't squeak much into the only pci slot available.

Overall Evaluation: after waaaaay too much research and comparison shopping i finally decided to by my 2nd gateway machine (1st was back in the 90's). i've had and built a dozen blazers in between, and i know the landscape more than fairly well. after 4 days of tweaking, installing and upgrading... i'm extremely happy with the fx6800-01e's performance, and more so with the price tag. it was easy to pop in addtl 9gb's ram, a few portable hard drives and just watch it tear up every app i throw at it. WARNING: 1) the bios is locked so you can't overclock the very 'tune friendly' i7 processor. 2) make sure you won't need to add much in the way of expansion cards... you'll barely get anything in the cramped solo pci slot available. bottom line, for under a grand out the door and 1,200 jacked up nicely... you couldn't build a better mousetrap for the money unless you stole it.