Updated Gateway P-6831FX Benchmarks

29 04 2008

Installing the new CPU was quick and painless. Here is a break-down of the upgrades, cost and time:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X7900 – $400 shipped (+$10 for thermal compound) – about 15 minutes to install. This CPU is recognized by the BIOS and over clocking is enabled (from 2.8 GHz to 3.0 – not much, but free).

Storage: Western Digital 250 GB, 5400 RPM HDD – $120 local – 5 minutes to install and setup RAID 0.

OS: Vista Home Premium x64 – $0 (the OEM serial works for 32 or 64 bit) – 60 minutes to install and configure, another 60 minutes to copy over files.

Memory: Crucial 2 GB DDRII-667 – $40 local – 5 minutes to install. Read the rest of this entry »


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Coming Up: Upgraded Gateway P-6831FX Update

23 04 2008

Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut and Grand Turismo 5: Prologue have been eating my time lately.

I’ll be updating the P-6831FX review. It’s been outfitted with 4 GB Ram, 500 GB RAID 0 and an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Mobile CPU (X7900). That should allow us to hit the Geforce 8800m’s performance ceiling.

I normally cycle through notebooks pretty fast, but the Gateway is a keeper.


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Gateway P6831 FX Wallpaper – Gears of War

9 04 2008

Playing through Gears of War on the PC inspired me to whip up a wallpaper. It is 1920*1200 resolution and free, so you get what you pay for. Enjoy.

I also read a few previews of Fallout 3 that I liked, so here are some wallpapers based on that too.

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