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Dell Dimension V333c
Dell's small-business mid-tower looks like a jewel. It comes in a neat, rock-solid case with lots of expansion room, including four free bays, but only a single free slot. But free slots shouldn't be a big issue, since this system comes loaded with extras like an Intel Pro 100NIC for 10/100 Ethernet and a 56K modem, topped off with a 2X DVD-ROM player and a hardware MPEG II decoder with output to a television via an NTSC (composite) port. A 17-inch Dell 1000LS monitor is also included.
The V333c also boasts 64MB of RAM, a fast 6.4GB hard drive and ATI 3D RAGE PRO video with 8MB of video memory built into the motherboard. Despite this impressive configuration, performance was nothing to boast about. Its WinScore 2.0 was 90, 10 points lower than our Quantex reference system-a 333MHz Pentium II-but still much better than the cacheless 300MHz Celerons, which logged in nearly 30 points lower. The V333c scored well in AutoCAD performance, but its graphics performance on our Photoshop/DeBabelizer test was poor. Sound quality is superb, thanks to the relatively high-end Turtle Beach Montego sound chip and Altec Lansing speakers.
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