Review

Vigor Hornet ALE Platinum Edition
by Joel Santo Domingo

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EDITOR RATING:   BOTTOM LINE The Hornet ALE's attractive case and tweaked hardware will run¡Xand keep up¡Xwith the overclocked DIY dogs at your local LAN party. PROS Cheap for a dual-card system. Good 3D gaming scores. Sexy case. CONS Single-core system in a dual-core world. Price doesn't include monitor or speakers.

The Vigor Hornet ALE ($1,299 direct) is one of those rarities that I hope to see more of: a high-powered gaming system that goes for less than $1,500. With dual overclocked GeForce 7600 GT graphics cards (instead of the pricey Radeon X1900s or GeForce 7900s found in high-end systems in the $5k club), the Hornet achieves some high-performance track numbers. With an overclocked processor and an attractive, windowed case, the Hornet ALE is actually closer than those $5k systems to what many hardcore gamers would put together if they built one themselves. It's an attainable gaming machine for moderately demanding gamers.

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