The Bottom Line
The Gateway 700 XL has a lot of offer for a performance system, but the price of the system is very high compared to similar systems.
Pros
- Excellent CPU and Video Performance
- DVD and CD Burner Drives
- High Capacity RAID Configuration
Cons
- No Potential Overclocking
- Very Expensive System Configuration
Description
- Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with 800 MHz Frontside Bus
- Intel i875P Chipset
- Two 250 GB ATA/100 8 MB Hard Drives
- 4x DVD-RW and 48x CD-RW Optical Drives
- Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2
- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB Video
- Intel Gigabit Ethernet with CSA and 56 Kbps Modem
- 18" LCD Monitor
- Windows XP Home Operating System
Guide Review - Gateway 700XL
6/8/03 - Gateway's 700 XL system is definitely a high performance system. It comes equipped with Intel's Pentium 4 3.0 GHz processor and i875P Chipset. This is supported by 1 GB of DDR400 memory and 500 GB of total hard drive space. They have also put in a 4x DVD-RW and 48x CD-RW optical drives. To support the multimedia capabilities, the system comes with the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, SoundBlaster Audigy 2 and an 18" LCD monitor. While a lot of this will boost the performance of the system, the overall performance boost compared to the price increase is bit disappointing. Other systems with higher performance are available for less.
