Polywell Desktop Reviews

"Overall performance is mediocre Limited expandability...The 580CF-2900 received a score of just 93 on WorldBench 6 Beta 2 tests, a result roughly 26 percent behind the average mark of 126 that rival systems in our gaming-PCs chart achieved...The dual HD 2900 XT graphics boards also struggled, achieving 130 frames per second in Doom 3 at 1280 by 1024 resolution with antialiasing turned on, and 140 fps in Far Cry at the same settings...Though..." read more »

"Fast...Outperforms Quad SLI on one of the more strenuous tests...A lot less expensive than a Quad SLI system....Boring case design...Extremely loud fans....A lot less expensive than a Quad SLI system...Optimizing resources, driving efficiency and lowering total cost of ownership are critical strategies for the survival of any business...No matter how large or small your business is, you are constantly faced with the challenged of keeping all your computer systems..." read more »

"Expensive for the performance Massive power supply blocks bays...The Poly 790FX's case is attractive...The Poly 790FX has a single graphics board (a 512MB ATI 3850) installed in one of its four PCIe x16 slots......" read more »

"With the Polywell Poly 880K7-1200, what you gain in system performance you lose in ease of use...The Poly 880K7-1200 has four empty drive bays and three available PCI slots...The Poly 880K7-1200 came in second on both our Business Winstone and Content Creation Winstone benchmark tests and placed third on our overall i-Bench test...The Poly 880K7-1200 scored poorly on the IEP script..." read more »

"Case interior is crowded...Both our DVD test movie and our still photos had flat colors on the display, and the DVD showed some ghosting in fast-moving scenes...Moreover, you will have to pay a premium for the SLI feature--the same Poly system with just a single graphics card costs about $600 less...Having two graphics cards means that the system needs a lot of power......" read more »

"If gaming power is what you desire from a PC, then look no further than the Polywell Poly 939N-FX55...Using a 2.6-GHz Athlon 64 FX-55 processor and 1GB of DDR400 SDRAM, the Poly 939N-FX55 notched a 113 in our WorldBench 5 tests--the fastest result we've noted to date...Consumers are ordering PCs with LCDs more often than with CRTs these days, but at the Polywell we reviewed included a 19-inch ViewSonic E90FB CRT display...We also liked the 939N-FX55's elegant black-and-silver minitower case--it has a conservative style, but it's pleasantly different from many of the run-of-the-mill designs around today...Opening the case entails using a screwdriver, but to add or remove expansion cards and drives you just push or pull release latches..." read more »

"Easy-access to components for upgrading...Bundled LCD was too dark for games...The Polywell Poly 939N4-SLI2/FX60 lacks the sculpted shapes and colored backlights decorating the cases of many high-priced gaming systems, but it carries cutting-edge hardware and delivers near-record-setting performance...The $4250 (as of January 18, 2006) Poly 939N4-SLI2/FX60 also posted the second best frame-rate scores we've seen on our gaming tests while running Unreal Tournament...The..." read more »

"Though not overclocked like its boutique brethren, the Poly 939VF-FX53 nevertheless delivers a potent gaming experience...The heart of the Poly 939VF-FX53 is the ASUS A8V Deluxe motherboard with VIA's K8T800 Pro chipset...There's lots of open space inside, good for keeping the system cool and leaving room for future upgrading...Our tested configuration took good advantage of the integrated Realtek ALC850 7.1 audio by bundling a set of Creative Labs Inspire T7700 7.1 speakers..." read more »

"Monster video-editing power...Lots of hard drive space, intelligently partitioned...Packaged with wireless Bluetooth keyboard and mouse...Passive cooler on...Multiple case fans mean steady noise...Ugly Microsoft IR receiver...No front-mounted LCD or LED info panel....The Polywell Poly 975MCE-Extreme ($3,695 direct, $3,375 without monitor) is a high-powered multimedia system for the power user who doesn't want a tower PC...A twin TV tuner tops off the 975MCE's..." read more »

"No legacy ports No SLI support...At $3999 (as of September 12, 2007) bundled with a 22-inch LCD, the P3503 is a well-equipped system that includes a generous total of 650GB of hard-drive space and offers solid performance...The company also offers the P3503 with Intel's 3-GHz QX6850 quad-core CPU for the same price as the QX6800...The bundled Samsung SyncMaster 225BW wide-screen LCD was easy to adjust, and it displayed strong image..." read more »