Compaq brings together NVIDIA and AMD to deliver the ultimate digital experience available on Presario desktop PCs. The new Compaq Presario 6000Z & 8000Z feature the AMD Athlon? XP processor and NVIDIA's nForce? 220 Platform Processing Architecture, creating the richest digital entertainment experience and a powerful force in desktop computing.
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Unleash a powerful force in desktop computing with the Compaq Presario 6000Z or 8000Z driven by the NVIDIA nForce 220 Platform Processing Architecture and the AMD Athlon XP processor. NVIDIA nForce and AMD Athlon XP open the door to new digital worlds, redefining the digital entertainment experience as you know it and providing lasting power for your PC investment. Above all, experience the realistic graphics, remarkable sound and outstanding all-around digital entertainment that the Compaq Presario 6000Z & 8000Z have to offer, including DVD playback, 3D gaming, and creating, sharing, and enjoying digital photos, music and video files.
This innovative new offering not only provides a groundbreaking 3D graphics experience at an incredible value, it also provides an unprecedented foundation that can be supercharged with all the latest performance options, including the recently announced AMD Athlon XP Model 2100 processor, the new 128MB NVIDIA GeForce4? Ti 4600 graphics card* and the Compaq exclusive MyMovieSTUDIO solution with DVD-R/RW and CD-RW combo drive.
The Compaq Presario 6000Z & 8000Z featuring the NVIDIA nForce platform with integrated GeForce2? graphics provides industry's most balanced, powerful platform to date. Burn CDs, watch or create your own DVD movies, stream digital video and audio from the Net, or play a game with stunning 3D effects - with the new Compaq Presario 6000Z & 8000Z you can do it all amazingly fast!
Performance
The AMD Athlon XP processor provides extreme performance for Windows® XP. QuantiSpeed? Architecture speeds up your applications, and 3DNow! Professional technology optimizes the performance of all your favorite software.
The Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP) provides NVIDIA GeForce2 graphics, the fastest integrated graphics solution in the world. The IGP delivers transform and lighting and per-pixel shading capabilities, off-loading work from the central processing unit and keeping frame rates high when playing graphics intensive games. And, with the included 4X AGP slot, you can turbocharge your graphics performance even further with add-in card options such as the NVIDIA GeForce4 line of graphics cards.
A 64-bit DDR Memory Interface provides huge amounts of system memory bandwidth (2.1GB/sec). Increasing graphics and overall system performance. DDR memory provides a more balanced system for advanced digital entertainment. The Presario 8000Z can be configured with up to a whopping 1GB (1024MB) of PC2100 DDR system memory!
AMD HyperTransport? Technology is a state-of-the-art Input/Output (I/O) bus interface delivering the highest possible continuous throughput - 800MB/sec - between NVIDIA's platform processing architecture components, ensuring data and information are relayed through the system as quickly as possible. When combined with NVIDIA StreamThru? technology, the result is ultra-fast data flow for an enhanced broadband experience and improved streaming of digital audio and video.
Versatility
AMD Athlon? XP Processor
Speeds up to AMD Athlon? XP Processor Model 2100
Featuring QuantiSpeed? Architecture operates at up to 1.73 GHz
Memory upgradeable up to 1.0GB PC2100 DDR SDRAM on the Presario 8000Z (512MB on the 6000Z)
Integrated GeForce2 graphics and high performance graphics options including the 128MB NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 4xAGP graphics card.*
Single and dual optical drives configurations, featuring 32X CD-RW, DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo, 16X DVD, and 48X CD-ROM drives
Native support for Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drives; factory configurable with high performance 7200RPM drives up to 120GB of storage on the Presario 8000Z (80GB on the 6000Z).
Audio options including Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value 5.1 and Creative Inspire 5.1 speaker systems.
Presario MyMovieSTUDIO bundled DVD movie making solution featuring IEEE-1394 connections, Pinnacle Systems' Studio 7 video editing software, Sonic Solutions' MyDVD DVD authoring software and Roxio EasyCD Creator for CD creation.
*Footnote - This feature is currently only available on the Presario 8000Z Series.