In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:21:47 +0000
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> Tux Games News Archive - 11 Dec 2006
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> | Tux Games has now started stocking the Tux Games Games Machine. This
> | is a computer preloaded with all of the LGP games, and coming
> | in four different flavours ranging from the modestly priced and
> | specced Vanilla flavour, to the extremely tasty chocolate flavour.
> | Loaded with Fedora Core 6, and twelve full games, this is the
> | ideal next computer
> `----
>
> http://www.tuxgames.com/news.cgi?
[ http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?gameref=141&; ]
Hm. $840 for Vanilla version (Selpron 2800+, 512MB, 80 GB
ATA, 256 MB GeForce 6200, networking, stereo speakers,
generic DVD-ROM, PS/2 keyboard & mouse, 17 inch LCD
1280x1024-capable monitor. The games themselves are
supposedly worth $350 so that gives us an equivalent price
of $490 for this system. Fedora 6 is preloaded.
The form factor is not specified. I'd guess minitower.
Power supply is not mentioned either, except for a
generic blurb about a UK plug (which presumably is for
220V or 240V). Sound is implied.
"Selperon" appears to be a typo. Dell mentions a
Sempron, as does AMD. There are several flavors of the
2800+ but all run at 1.6 GHz, 62 watts, according to
http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx .
Dell offers a C521 for $499. This offers a slightly faster
microprocessor (a 3200+), a smaller 15-inch flatpanel
monitor, and a GeForce 6150 LE integrated graphics GPU,
which is probably poorer quality but I'm not sure how
much poorer.
And of course Dell offers gen-yoo-ine Windows XP Home Edition.
Neither specifies FSB speed.
nvidia.com stipulates that a GeForce 6200 has a 128
or 64-bit interface, with a 1.2billion to 1.4billion
texels/sec fill rate, and 225 or 262.5 million vertices
per second, with 400 MHz RAMDACs. Microsoft DirectX 9
shader model 3.0 is supported, as is "PureVideo".
The GeForce 6150 GPU mentions a 300 MHz RAMDAC, which
confirms my suspicions, though there's no indication of
texel transfer rate or vertex fill rate. A click on the
"more information" link takes me to a blank page.
Offhand the UK machine looks reasonably good, for an
introductory gamer willing to wait a bit for shipping.
The other machines are harder to compare, at least if I
use Dell; Dell doesn't offer Athlons.
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