GentleGiant
Explorer
Okay, so I jumped on the offer that a supermarket chain (ALDI) has from time to time and came home with this little beast (the price was, with today's currency, $1,391.30 - £739.45 - €1,073.88):
CPU Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640 with HT Technology 3.20GHz, 2MB L2 Cache and
800MHz Front Side Bus, 64 Bit technology to support future computing needs (64Bit Operating System)
RAM 1024MB DDR 400Mhz (1 bank free for upgrading)
Hard Drive 250GB Hard Disc Capacity 8MB Cache Western Digital - super fast 7200rpm
Graphics Card ATi RADEON X740 XL PCI-Express x16 Graphics Card 128MB DDR3 Memory at 900MHz - 1 x DVI-I, 1 x VGA (D-sub), TV-Out Connections by 1 x SCART, S-Video or Composite.
Optical Drive 1 Pioneer 16x Dual Layer Multi Format DVD/CD Re-Writer. Write Speed: 4x DVD+R9(DL), 16x DVD+R, 16x DVD-R, 4x DVD+RW, 6xDVD-RW, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW. Read Speed: 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CD-ROM
Optical Drive 2 DVD-ROM 16x
Wireless WLAN Wireless WLAN card – IEEE 802.11g (I think... the Danish specs just say "WLAN 54 Mbit/s")
Sound Onboard 8 channel Intel High Definition Audio; 7.1 surround sound
Network Fast Ethernet 10/100 MBit LAN port
USB ports 6 x USB v2.0 ports (2 front and 4 rear)
Firewire ports 2 x Firewire/IEEE 1394 ports (1 front and 1 rear)
Modem 56k V.9x PCI data/fax modem incl. fax software and modem cable
Keyboard MEDION Multimedia Wireless keyboard with programmable hot keys
Mouse MEDION Wireless Mouse with ScrollWheel
Headset MEDION Headset with microphone
TV/Radio Tuner MEDION DVB-T Digital TV / Analogue stereo TV & FM Radio Tuner Card .
Remote Control RF remote for control of DVD, TV, VCR, CD, Radio and photo slideshows.
Bluetooth Wireless Bluetooth module (internal)
AirXL AirXL – Latest fan and heat pipe technology
ConnectXL panel 2 x USB 2.0
1 x Firewire (Mini and Standard port)
1 x S-Video In
1 x Composite In
1 x Microphone In
1 x Headphones Out
1 x Audio Line In (Cinch In – Audio left and right)
Integrated Flash Memory Card Reader (USB 2.0)
Sony Memory Stick / Pro, IBM Micro Drive, MMC Multimedia Card, Compact Flash Card, Smart Media Card, SD Card; XD Card
Integrated SmartCard Reader for credit/debit cards and mobile phone SIM cards
Now, what I'd like to know is for someone a bit more knowledgeable than myself to take a look at the specifics and tell me if everything seems to be of a decent quality.
Any help/advice/praise/boo-ing is appreciated.
Specifically I'm interested in opinions on the graphics card
CPU Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640 with HT Technology 3.20GHz, 2MB L2 Cache and
800MHz Front Side Bus, 64 Bit technology to support future computing needs (64Bit Operating System)
RAM 1024MB DDR 400Mhz (1 bank free for upgrading)
Hard Drive 250GB Hard Disc Capacity 8MB Cache Western Digital - super fast 7200rpm
Graphics Card ATi RADEON X740 XL PCI-Express x16 Graphics Card 128MB DDR3 Memory at 900MHz - 1 x DVI-I, 1 x VGA (D-sub), TV-Out Connections by 1 x SCART, S-Video or Composite.
Optical Drive 1 Pioneer 16x Dual Layer Multi Format DVD/CD Re-Writer. Write Speed: 4x DVD+R9(DL), 16x DVD+R, 16x DVD-R, 4x DVD+RW, 6xDVD-RW, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW. Read Speed: 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CD-ROM
Optical Drive 2 DVD-ROM 16x
Wireless WLAN Wireless WLAN card – IEEE 802.11g (I think... the Danish specs just say "WLAN 54 Mbit/s")
Sound Onboard 8 channel Intel High Definition Audio; 7.1 surround sound
Network Fast Ethernet 10/100 MBit LAN port
USB ports 6 x USB v2.0 ports (2 front and 4 rear)
Firewire ports 2 x Firewire/IEEE 1394 ports (1 front and 1 rear)
Modem 56k V.9x PCI data/fax modem incl. fax software and modem cable
Keyboard MEDION Multimedia Wireless keyboard with programmable hot keys
Mouse MEDION Wireless Mouse with ScrollWheel
Headset MEDION Headset with microphone
TV/Radio Tuner MEDION DVB-T Digital TV / Analogue stereo TV & FM Radio Tuner Card .
Remote Control RF remote for control of DVD, TV, VCR, CD, Radio and photo slideshows.
Bluetooth Wireless Bluetooth module (internal)
AirXL AirXL – Latest fan and heat pipe technology
ConnectXL panel 2 x USB 2.0
1 x Firewire (Mini and Standard port)
1 x S-Video In
1 x Composite In
1 x Microphone In
1 x Headphones Out
1 x Audio Line In (Cinch In – Audio left and right)
Integrated Flash Memory Card Reader (USB 2.0)
Sony Memory Stick / Pro, IBM Micro Drive, MMC Multimedia Card, Compact Flash Card, Smart Media Card, SD Card; XD Card
Integrated SmartCard Reader for credit/debit cards and mobile phone SIM cards
Now, what I'd like to know is for someone a bit more knowledgeable than myself to take a look at the specifics and tell me if everything seems to be of a decent quality.
Any help/advice/praise/boo-ing is appreciated.

Specifically I'm interested in opinions on the graphics card
