Fujitsu Celsius Ultra

Ultra Celsius, or how powerful are the Fujitsu PC for gamers

Intel Core i7 Extreme, 12GB of DDR3 and GeForce GTX 295 are the source of the extreme power of this machine.

Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition, 12 GB of RAM, graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTS 295, fast hard drive, sound card X- Fi Titanium Blu-ray … the Ultra Fujitsu Celsius is a machine disproportionate designed for gamers willing to pay 4,500 euros!

In the field of PCs for gamers, a manufacturer is outstanding, Alienware, its machines with a housing extravagant equipment and high power – therefore – prohibitive tariffs. In 2009 the manufacturer Fujitsu announced its entry into the elite market, with a machine called C Ultra, which will attempt to establish itself as a reference for players. Must still have the means of its ambitions, as if Acer demonstrated in late 2008, it is possible to create real machine for players, powerful, well-designed and aggressive design, without leaving an arm and a eye (the Aspire Predator, Sniper 2 Trooper 2 and Crusher 2) Fujitsu as Alienware, when we love we do not count. Therefore it will cost € 4500 for the Ultra Celsius, a monster wire , not especially elegant or even original, but looks very powerful.

The hardware

On a motherboard with the Chipset X58, Fujitsu transplant Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition, a 975 her first name , clocked at 3.3 GHz with 8 MB of cache . Go to the guy out of breath when it is accompanied by six bars of 2 GB of DDR3 RAM ( 12 GB so in total) running at 1333 MHz . Easy , just send him the last game date in a very high resolution say some. Lost! Fujitsu obviates any possibility of integrating more powerful Nvidia, a GeForce GTX 295 boarding 2×1792 MB of video memory (DDR3 ) . No one is infallible, however , because very high resolution (2560×1600 pixels) and activating all options of your video games (like Anti – Aliasing ), there’s a good chance the Ultra C is a knee earth.

Anyway, the machine is also equipped to store up games, files and applications. His main hard drive should be particularly swift since it is a model 150 GB Western Digital Velociraptor vintage Serial ATA 2 ( operating at 10 000 rpm). If it is reserved for the operating system and heavy duty applications for data storage , we can use a more conventional disk 1000GB (7200 RPM Serial ATA II in ) .

Although players like to play the Web with headphones , Fujitsu does not neglect the audio card and opted for a Creative Sound Blaster X – Fi Titanium . What restore the sound effects more detailed connectors benefit from the rich. Regarding the connection of the housing , the Celsius Ultra has two FireWire ports (one front ), two DVI video outputs , a Gigabit Ethernet port, a memory card reader on the front and 11 USB ports. In fact , it takes six rear USB , two front and three inside the housing of a type A. Interest is questionable , even if it is a question of adding an expansion card. Nothing is said about the presence of an HDMI output , which should still answer the call. Let’s hope so anyway because the machine has a Blu – ray and CD / DVD. CD / DVD only because according to the manufacturer to integrate a reader / writer Blu -ray would have boosted the price … Do not exaggerate all the same !

If this computer, too expensive , offers more power than necessary , we deeply regret that the manufacturer has neglected some very important players : the devices. Fujitsu book billed as an ultra-thin keyboard and mouse for home players, GL 5600 . A USB model carrying a 2000 dpi laser sensor and offers eight buttons , six and a configurable multi- wheel axle. Without being pessimistic, a model designed for players with a great brand ( Razer , Logitech , Microsoft …) devices have been more promising …