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Sony VAIO VGC-RT1SU in Desktop PCs
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Verdict
Stunning performance and features but the price of this beast of an all-in-one PC is simply too high.
Review Date: 30 Sep 2008
Price when reviewed: £1,701 (£1,956 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | VGC-RT1SU |
| Review Date | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Price ex VAT | £1,701 |
| Price inc VAT | £1,956 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty final | 1 year(s) collect and return |
| Basic specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total hard disk capacity | 1,000 |
| RAM capacity | 4.00GB |
| Screen size | 25.5in |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | Intel Core 2 Quad |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.66GHz |
| CPU overclocked frequency | N/A |
| Processor socket | LGA 775 |
| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Hard disk | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 500GB |
| Internal disk interface | SATA |
| Spindle speed | 7,200RPM |
| Hard disk 2 nominal capacity | 500GB |
| Hard disk 2 formatted capacity | 500 |
| Hard disk 2 spindle speed | 7,200RPM |
| Hard disk 3 make and model | N/A |
| Hard disk 3 nominal capacity | N/A |
| Hard disk 4 make and model | N/A |
| Hard disk 4 nominal capacity | N/A |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Optical drive | Pioneer |
| Optical disc technology | Blu-ray writer |
| Optical disk 2 make and model | N/A |
| Optical disk 3 make and model | N/A |
| Rear ports | |
|---|---|
| USB ports (downstream) | 5 |
| FireWire ports | 1 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 1 |
| Modem |
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| Graphics card | |
|---|---|
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
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| 3D performance setting | High |
| Graphics chipset | Nvidia Geforce 9600M GT |
| Graphics card RAM | 512MB |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 |
| HDMI outputs | 1 |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 |
| Number of graphics cards | N/A |
| Monitor | |
|---|---|
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,920 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 1,200 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 |
| DVI inputs | 0 |
| HDMI inputs | 1 |
| VGA inputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort inputs | 0 |
| Additional Peripherals | |
|---|---|
| Speaker type | Stereo |
| Case | |
|---|---|
| Case format | All-in-one |
| Dimensions | 661 x 164 x 499mm (WDH) |
| Free drive bays | |
|---|---|
| Free front panel 5.25in bays | N/A |
| Front ports | |
|---|---|
| Front panel USB ports | 5 |
| Front panel FireWire ports | 1 |
| Front panel eSATA ports | 1 |
| Front panel memory card reader |
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| Mouse & Keyboard | |
|---|---|
| Mouse and keyboard | Sony |
| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Noise and power | |
|---|---|
| Idle power consumption | 139W |
| Peak power consumption | 193W |
| Performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Overall application benchmark score | 1.60 |
| Office application benchmark score | 1.45 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 1.79 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 1.30 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 1.87 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 8fps |
| 3D performance setting | High |
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