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Article: Radioactive PC Plasma: capable, pricey gaming machine lacks punch.(Product/service evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
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- March 1, 2008
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THOUGH YOU CAN GET a base configuration of Radioactive PC's Plasma for as little as $1,399, you need to shell out more than $4,200 to get a model with the loudest bells and whistles. (Our review unit rang up at $4,220.) And while the Plasma is a very capable gaming machine, its Core 2 Quad processor (overclocked to 3GHz), 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and dual 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics cards (in a Scalable Link Interface configuration) didn't deliver the oomph we expected for the price. You can't even play DirectX 10 (DX10) games on it, since its OS--Windows XP Professional--doesn't handle the standard.
That isn't to say the Plasma doesn't deliver quality ...