AVADirect Custom Computers Awards and Reviews 2009

"AVADirect went a step further by clocking its Custom PC gaming rig at 4.4GHz. The company even goes so far as to include a custom profile for 4.7GHz"   - Gordon Mah Ung

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"The Nano Cube achieves better performance overall on our gaming tests. It's the fastest system of the five in our comparison on three of four gaming benchmarks."   - Rich Brown

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"AVA Direct is serious about its mobile gaming systems, and its largest model, the Clevo M980NU, only serves to confirm the company’s commitment."   - Joanna Safford

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"The AVADirect D900F is the pinnacle of "mobile" processor performance… not by using the fastest mobile processor, but by using the fastest currently available desktop processor. Clocked at 3.33 GHz, the Core i7-975 outperforms any Core i7 mobile CPU by a sizable margin. With one core active, Turbo Boost on the i7-920XM can reach 3.2 GHz, but that's as close as you can get (and the i7-975 can still Turbo up to 3.60GHz). Considering the two processors have the same price tag of $1000, the only reason to go with an i7-920XM is if you want lower power requirements."   - Jared Walton

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"... reflective auto paint with the case’s bright silver handles, front-panel LCD, and large side-panel window, you’ve got a desktop that stands out from the pack, even among our dream PC competition."   - Andrew Leibman, Nathan Lake, and Seth Colaner

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"... gameplay looked awesome on the big screen; the action during a round of Far Cry 2 was error-free and smooth as silk. Dark action scenes were well-defined and free of motion artifacts and background noise."   - Sarah E. Anderson

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"Gaming performance was phenomenal, easily ranking up at the top of our list in terms of most powerful gaming notebooks. At its stock speed it is neck and neck with the Alienware m17x in 3D performance, and well above in overall performance thanks to the storage system."   - Kevin O'Brien

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"The GT3 is a great solution for another niche of a niche (the LAN party gamer), plus it has enough performance to keep the mobile player happy."   - Joel Santo Domingo

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"When AVADirect offered to send us a Core i7 notebook, we said, hell yeah, and immediately cleared off space in the Lab — a lot of space ..."   - Katherine Stevenson

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"... AVA Direct's pre-built version of the GT3 is part of a new category of computers: slim gaming PCs ..."   - James R. Nelson

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"... Throw in an LCD monitor, a mouse, and a keyboard, and you have a LAN fest system ready to go--that'll likely outhustle most gaming notebooks. With the power of a full-sized desktop system in a form factor almost small enough to be a choking hazard (just kidding), the GT3 is a decent system for LAN gamers, but users who don't partake will probably want something with more muscle."   - Joel Durham

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