Evesham Axis Dominator

Evesham's Axis 64 Dominator is based around the new Socket 939 version of the Athlon 64 processor. It isn't as impressive as the Axis 64 38 Ultra reviewed last month, but it does have a strong specification.

At the heart of the system is MSI's K8N Neo 2 motherboard, with an Athlon 64 3500+ clocked at 2.21GHz. This isn't particularly fast, but AMD has designed improvements into the processor's architecture to boost performance. A score of 4,455 was produced in PCmark 2004, but the PC refused to run through our Sysmark test suite.

The rest of the specification includes 512MB of fast DDR 400 memory and a 200GB hard drive, plenty of room for applications, documents, images and music. A Sony DRU-700A dual-layer DVD drive stores up to 8.5GB on a single disc.

As with the Carrera Octan, an Nvidia Geforce 6800 handles the graphics. However, a score of 9,100 in 3Dmark shows the difference between this and the LE version in that system. In real-world tests, the system managed 96.77 frames per second (fps) in Unreal Tournament.

Multimedia fans will like the 19in Viewsonic VX910 TFT monitor. This is a good display with a 16ms response time, so you're less likely to experience ghosting or distorted images in fast-moving games or movies.

This isn't the fastest PC we've seen, but Evesham has put together a solid package to appeal to those who want a good all-round, affordable PC.

Contact: Evesham 0870 160 9500
www.evesham.com

Specifications:

• Athlon 64 3500+ (Socket 939)
• 512MB DDR400
• 200GB hard disk
• Nvidia Geforce 6800
• Windows XP Home
• Creative Inspire T7700 or Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers