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Review: Shuttle XPC SN85G4 SFF PC

by Tarinder Sandhu on 22 October 2003, 00:00

Tags: Shuttle

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UT2003, X², Q3

A small PC with a decidedly powerful gaming punch. The SN85G4, it seems, will be most at home with those that crave power and lack space. That used to mean compromising on either front. That's evidently not the case now.

X²: The Threat has shown a preference for VIA Socket-754 chipset. That doesn't change here. Look through each benchmark we've been though and see just how well the SN85G4 does in relation to a well-tuned XP3200+ (Barton) and nForce2 Ultra 400 setup, and that's with a clock deficit of 200MHz.

Encroaching on P4 territory. With on-board sound enabled the benchmark score dropped to just over 300FPS. This Shuttle XPC is powerful enough to let a Radeon 9800 Pro flex its bandwidth and pixel-pushing power.