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Although Multivision pitched this machine to PC Magazine as a high-end workstation, it's really anything but. Dual hyper-threading Intel Xeon processors, each running at 2GHz, is moderately overkill for the average office suite or even graphic design user. Given its specification, the Titan 6 DX looks more sensible when treated as a server machine.
For a start there's the huge tower case, which has space for five more externally accessible 5.25in drives, in addition to the system's only E-IDE device, a CD-RW drive. From Mirai, it's rated at 32-speed for write, 10-speed for re-write and 40-speed for read operations.
Then there's the motherboard, a SuperMicro 4D6C+ board using the Intel 860 chipset and fitted with four Rambus slots, half of which are occupied with 256MB RIMM modules for a total of 512MB.
Dual Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI adapters are built in to the motherboard. These are for internal use only and one of them connects to a fast Fujitsu Ultra160 SCSI hard disk drive with a capacity of 36GB. An Intel Pro/100+ Server network adapter is also integrated into this board.
A Best Data voice/data/fax V.90 modem is fitted as the only PCI card in the system, leaving five other slots free. Two of these are 64bit, 66MHz slots. There's also an Elsa Synergy III AGP graphics adapter, based on the nVidia Quadro2 MXR graphics processor. This connects to a Mitsubishi DiamondPro 920 display.
Internally the cables are tucked out of the way and there's also a case cover micro-switch that can be configured to detect unauthorised entry. Multivision supplies a two-year on-site warranty with this machine.
Despite its obvious capabilities as a server system, Multivision switched off Hyper-threading in the BIOS of our test machine before delivery, and Windows XP Professional was installed on the system's hard disk drive.
The results from our benchmarks show that its advantages are far more significant when treated as a server. Bear this in mind before deciding whether a Titan 6 DX is really suitable for use as a workstation.
Contact
Multivision: 49-53 High Street, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 3BG
Tel 0870 220 2822, Fax 0870 220 2823
www.multivision.co.uk
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