The processor runs quickly and it's filled with loads of RAM. Cons: - The video card is not that great as reported by the Windows Experience Index and personal experience with some games , but then again it's not a gamer's PC.
I'm not a big fan of this method particularly if the HDD were to fail. Pros: Owned mine for 6 or 7 years,Awesome machine. Kicks my wife's brand new Amd HP quad with beats and win 8 to the curb. Pros: Fast processor, 6 gigs of ram. Motherboard easy to work with. Plays games perfectly with max settings Cons: Vista was hosed from the beginning. With a few lockups and hard resets the OS was then not recognized and since no Vista DVD is given and recovery options all failed calls to Gateway were needed.
Vista DVD is on back-order and takes weeks to receive Would have liked a refund biggest grip about newegg but that was rejected. Overall Review: I've bought from newegg for a few years now and this has only slightly tarnished their reputation for me.
Customer service was nice enough to waive the re-stocking fee and delivery charge. Cons: The sata optical is a little noisy when it spins up, but this is a minor issue for me as I only spin it up when needed which is only for installs or burning.
I also rather dislike the included keyboard. Overall Review: I added a GT to the machine and installed ubuntu 8. On an odd note the case has pysical capacity for 6 hard drives and only 4 sata ports on-board, generally if i am going to use that many drives im also looking at a controller to go with, but it was interesting.
Pros: C2Q stable at 4. Cons: dual gigabit would be nice, cant seem to find that darn graphics card everyone seems to be bashing Pros: Works very smooth and fast right out of the box. Runs very quietly and has a sleek sexy look to it.
Shipped right on time. The stereo speakers offered plenty of volume but dropped the ball in terms of quality. Click to enlarge Powered by a 2. This was borne out in our time with the machine, in which we saw folders and applications open swiftly; the spinning blue loading icon made very infrequent appearances.
The GB, 7,rpm hard drive booted into the bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium in 56 seconds, which was far more tolerable than the desktop replacement average of 1 minute and 10 seconds. The speedy HDD also helped the system to a Its 3DMark06 score of 9, was a bit lower than the Gateway Pu FX 10, , but it aced the desktop replacement average 5, Converting a video file x pixel resolution from MPEG-4 to AVI using Handbrake took 6 minutes and 33 seconds, which is on a par with the Sager NP , another budget-friendly gaming rig.
When we transcoded the file again while compressing a 4. The Pu's scores closely mimic those of the Dell Studio XPS 13 , which has the same processor, RAM, and hard drive, and took and , respectively, to complete the same tasks. Designed to enable the graphics processor instead of the CPU to crunch video data, Nvidia's CUDA platform allowed us to transcode the same clip from MPEG-4 to AVI using vReveal, an application designed to take advantage of this technology in just 3 minutes and 15 seconds--a savings of almost 2 minutes.
Transcoding it with the 4. If you're a video enthusiast, using CUDA-enabled software is a must for speedy processing. The Pu FX proved to be an excellent gaming machine. On Far Cry 2 , the system pulled in a very smooth 67 fps with the graphics set to x , and a still very acceptable 43 fps with the resolution cranked to the native x While not as high as the Pu FX 85 fps at x and 53 fps at x , these numbers were on a par with the MSI GT 63 fps at x and 42 fps at x and the Sager NP 64 fps at x and 39 fps at x In our gaming sessions, we didn't experience any in-game bugs or lagging due to graphics performance when we sprayed the environment with bullets.
When we booted Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare , we were able to engage in firefights with enemy troops without polygonal breakup or the graphics suffering from the action. Overall Review: It's a nice starting computer, however if you plan on putting in a nice video card like an Nvidia or higher, then you'll need to replace the power supply as well.
Putting in any dual slot video card, makes the included tv tuner useless, you have to remove it to utilize a dual slot video card and will have to buy a pci version if you want one. Gateways bios removes the possibility of overclocking this computer, so the only option for upgrading will be to see if you can get a better CPU others here report using Phenom II , I've not tried that but might.
Gateway included all their junk on the hard drive that you'll like end up removing. The included ATi video chip is garbage to play anything but solitaire.
Try WOW on it and you'll be crying about it. It HAS to have a new video card put in it to play games, hence an added expense. Now nothing slows down this machine, and I am proud to have it in my presence. Cons: Stripped a couple of screws when putting in some parts, but that's more of my fault for not being careful with what I was doing.
When I had the stock w power supply, I had to restart the computer for it to recognize USB and other devices that were plugged in when the computer was on, but the problem went away with the new PSU.
If you are debating getting this computer, get it! You won't be sorry, especially because it is easily upgradeable, but quite powerful right out of the box, even if you are a gamer looking for a budget system to upgrade over time when funds permit like me. Even if you are reading this and it is out of stock, then go for the other Gateway LX system. My dad has that one thanks to me and he couldn't be happier with his, either! Pros: Where do I start? Gotta love the little popouts: the front connection panel and the media card reader.
The media control panel is also nice, but is kind of useless, because you have the remote. For the people afraid of going Vista, 64 bit, or both, with this computer, there is absolutely nothing to be afraid of.
I was afraid of how 64 bit would operate at first, but now I feel that Vista was made to be 64 bit, because it is just SOOOO much faster than 32 bit. All around a great computer. Mouse isn't wireless, but I didn't really care. No wireless internet, but I bought a simple wireless G card to connect to my home network. None of these cons however, are enough to deduct an egg form the rating, because this computer is just too awesome of a powerhouse!
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