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choice of P4 SLI boards and will sub-
stitute the reference board when that
time comes.
Our other complaint comes as
a surprise: We’ve long recognized
Falcon Northwest’s systems for
having the best paint jobs, but our
Mach V was a step down from the lus-
trous boxes we’ve received in the past.
While still good, it’s not the perfec-
tion we’ve come to expect from the

brand. But we concede that Falcon

had to rush this system to make our

last-minute deadline.

Those complaints aside, it’s hard to

knock a machine that sets records in

every one of our benchmarks. There’s

no arguing that the Mach V is the

fastest machine we’ve ever seen; the

only remaining question is, can you

afford it?

—GORDON MAH UNG

512MB frame buffer and nForce4 for Pentium 4.

DA VINCI

DICAPRIO

Free heart attack with price tag.

$9,995 ($6,695 w/o display), http://www.falcon-nw.com

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The Mach V features two—count

‘em, two —GeForce 6800 Ultra cards

with 512MB frame buffers, and Dual

Link DVI capability to drive Apple’s

30-inch Cinema Display.

The nForce4 SLI Intel Edition lets you run two

videocards in tandem for up to double the

performance in graphically intensive games.

The Falcon bumps up RAM beyond

the new DDR2/667 to DDR2/800,

using two 512MB Corsair modules.