JESUITS - 'gadget' Ep97 - Gateway FX540XT

http://www.thetechstop.net/?page_id=963

When is an obsolete computer not an obsolete computer? -- When it's Gateway's FX540XT!

You'll get more of the backstory within the episode itself, but let's just say that when we first received this gaming desktop, 5 months ago, it was cutting-edge and the pinnacle of performance.

Today it's not quite the end-all be-all of gaming, but it still more than holds its own against rigs that are newer and more expensive.


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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Gaming
• Crysis
• WOW
• Warcraft
• Bioshock
• extreme
• Intel
• Core2
• Quad
• overclock
• SLI
• EVGA
• 10
• 000
• rpm
• dual

[Larz9220]

"crushed all the benchmarks leaving them begging for mercy"

I laughed hard, that sounded great

[gadgettts]

Thanks Larz9220! :)

[Buzzunt]

new computers are overrated. all 3-5 year old would run crysis if they did a little software optimization. this is done to get more money from people. such a waste.

[gadgettts]

Buzzunt,

This is a familiar complaint with "software bloat" but the truth of the matter is that "a little software optimization" in a program that has millions of line of code is much easier said than done. -- You have to remember that modern software has to be writen in modules that allow for a multitude of programers... this means that they forego some performance for flexibility. Take that away and software development times and costs go through the roof. Peace, Fr. Robert

[matttttar]

8800GTX HAS GDDR3 NOT DDR2

[gadgettts]

Oops... slip of the pen. Sorry about that. Peace, Fr. Robert

[vangstaz]

What's wrong with this computer? It's only 3 to 5 months old. That's nothing. At least it does have a good amount of RAM, one of the fastest processors in the world that not many people can afford, nVidia graphics cards in SLI, and Windows Vista. Not that old to me, don't you guys agree?

[skate0721]

Nice review and overall nice desktop :)

[15eman]

why did you say omfg arnt you religious? Good review.

[augustvirgo]

i still prefer my dell xps 420