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Polywell Minibox 780G-9950

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Pros
Small, stable form factor
More expandable than the average mini PC
Cons
Larger than the average mini PC

Performance: Fair: 69
Features: Fair: 67
Design: Good: 78

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

Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	438
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	364
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	380
Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	134.83
Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	135.27
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	134.63
Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	135.9
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 1024x768	75.77
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 1680x1050	75.13
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 1920x1200	74.97
Enemy Territory Quake Wars High 2560x1600	59.3
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 1024x768	76.07
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 1680x1050	75.53
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 1920x1200	75.6
Enemy Territory Quake Wars Normal 2560x1600	60.53
Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	155.18
Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	152.72
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	155.1
Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	153.83
Firefox 2	247
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	350
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	228
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	210
Overall Graphics Score	Fair
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	240
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768	71.63
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050	73.76
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200	73.05
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600	66.05
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768	115.35
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050	115.8
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600	83.29
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium1920x1200	115.95
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	255
WorldBench 6 Score	110
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Good

WorldBench 6 Tests
Multitasking	281

What You Should Know about the Minibox 780G-9950

Large Amount of RAM Produces Blazing Performance

Simply put, this computer is likely to offer blazing performance. The large amount of RAM it ships with is more than enough to handle most memory-hungry applications and large files, and as a result the PC won't constantly swap memory to its hard drive.

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 simple, 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 either Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (limited to 128GB) or a 64-bit version of Windows Vista (which can handle 128GB and beyond).