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Gateway P-7808u FX Edition Core 2 Quad review

The system includes an industry-standard, one-year warranty, with parts-and-labor coverage and return-to-depot service. Gateway offers a 24-7, toll-free, technical-support phone line, and the Web site has the usual driver downloads and FAQs, plus options for e-mailing or online chatting with technicians.

Multimedia Multitasking test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Gateway P-7808u
614 

Adobe Photoshop CS3 image-processing test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Gateway P-7808u
122 

Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Gateway P-7808u
170 

Unreal Tournament 3 (in fps)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
1280x800, 4X AA, 8X AF*  
1440x900, 4X AA, 8X AF*  
Asus W90VP-X1 @ 1400x1050 / @ 1280x768
143.3 
129.6 
Gateway P-7808u
124.8 
100.3 
Gateway P-7805u FX
120.8 
101.4 
Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725
116.5 
100.8 
Alienware m17
N/A
104.7 

Video Playback battery drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Gateway P-7808u
176 

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System configurations:

Gateway P-7808u
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q9000; 4096MB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz; 1GB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS; 500GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Asus W90VP-X1
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9600; 6144MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Dual ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2; 320GB Saegate 7,200rpm

Gateway P-7805u FX
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 1GB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS; 320GB Western Digital 7,200rpm

Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64-bit); 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q9000; 4096MB DDR3 SDRAM 667MHz; 1GB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTX; HDD #1: 64GB Toshiba SSD/ HDD #2: 320GB Hitachi 7,200rpm

Alienware M17
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400; 3072MB DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz; 512MB Dual ATI Mobility Radeon HD3870 X2; 160GB Seagate 7,200rpm

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