Shuttle SS21T

Written by Richard Swinburne

May 17, 2007 | 15:02

Tags: #am2 #barebone #benchmark #complete #evaluation #testing #xpc

Companies: #amd #asus #dell #shuttle

Gaming Platform Performance

Call of Duty 2

1024x768, 0xAF, 0xAA, Maximum Details

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900GTX)
  • 50.5
  • 54.8
  • 75.8
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10
20
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40
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80
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Quake 4

1024x768, 0xAF, 0xAA, Maximum Details

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900GTX)
  • 152.4
  • 157.3
  • 216.1
0
50
100
150
200
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Gaming Performance

Call of Duty 2

1600x1200 2xAA 8xAF, Maximum Detail

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900GTX)
  • 23.0
  • 23.5
  • 42.6
0
10
20
30
40
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Quake 4

1600x1200 2xAA 8xAF, Maximum Detail

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900GTX)
  • 43.3
  • 42.1
  • 91.0
0
25
50
75
100
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Gaming performance will obviously be higher on the more expensive Shuttle SD37P2, because of the inclusion of the native 6-pin PCI-Express connector allowing for a much more powerful graphics card to be installed. On the other hand the AOpen and SS21T systems are limited to just 75W card through the PCI-Express x16 slot, so you're limited to a 7600GT (which we used), X1600 Pro, 8600 GT or HD 2600 something when it arrives.

This will seriously limit your gaming experience to a 17" or 19" TFT and 1280x1024 high detail, or 1600x1200/1680x1050 at low detail. Considering the cost of the system, a 19" TFT will probably be the optimum complimentary purchase so this isn't too much of an issue, just make sure you try and go for a passive card, or at least one with a large/slow fan for minimal noise.
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