Specifications
Part Number: FX6800Gateway FX6800 Desktop Series
Model: FX6800

Following are the specifications for the Gateway® FX6800 desktop series.
Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Feature Specification
Operating System1 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Processor1 Intel® Core™ i7 processor
Chipset Intel X58 Express
System Memory1 Up to 12 GB of DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM (triple-channel support on six DIMMs)
Hard Drive Serial ATA hard drive up to 1 TB1 per 3.5-inch drive
80 GB solid state drive (SSD)1
Optical Drive1 Options:
  • SuperMulti-format DVD+/-RW Optical Drive with LabelFlash™ Technology
  • Blu-ray™ ROM Combo DVD-SuperMulti
  • Blu-ray R/W Combo DVD-SuperMulti
Media Card Reader2 Pop-up 15-in-one card reader with Smart Copy button, supporting:
  • CompactFlash® (Type I and II)
  • CF+™ Microdrive
  • Secure Digital™ (SD) Card
  • Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Card
  • miniSD™ Card
  • MultiMediaCard (MMC)
  • MMCmobile™
  • Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC)
  • xD-Picture Card™
  • Memory Stick®
  • Memory Stick PRO™
  • Memory Stick Duo™
  • Memory Stick PRO Duo™
  • SmartMedia™
Media Control Interface Illuminated, capacitive touch media control panel:
  • Media Center launch (Home)
  • Back
  • Direction pad (left / right / up / down / Select)
  • Volume (up / down / mute)
  • Media controls (play / pause / stop / skip forward / skip backward)
  • Integrated IR Receiver1
Drive Bays Two external 5.25-inch drive bays
Two internal 3.5-inch drive bays
Two tool-free external expansion 3.5-inch SATA hard drive bays
Graphics1
(Requires Discrete Graphics)
  • ATI CrossFire™ dual card option

  • ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 graphics1, featuring:
    • 512 MB video buffer memory
    • DirectX® 10
    • Shader Model 4.0
    • ATI Hybrid Graphics
    • ATI Avivo™ HD
    • ATI PowerPlay™
    • ATI SurroundView™
    Audio 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio with Creative® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer
    Networking1 LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
    Wireless1: Internal 802.11 b/g/n with MiMo
    Pop-Up I/O Ports
  • 15-in-1 media card reader
  • Two USB 2.0 ports
    		•
    Pop-Out Front I/O Ports
  • Two RCA stereo audio inputs1
  • One RCA analog video input1
  • Two USB 2.0 ports
  • One 1394a port
  • One microphone jack
  • One headphone jack
    		•
    Rear I/O Ports
  • Six USB 2.0 ports
  • One 1394a port
  • Two eSATA ports
  • Network port
  • Six audio jacks
  • Two PS/2 ports
    		•
    Add-In Card Slots
  • Two PCI Express ×16 slots
  • One PCI Express ×1 slot
  • One PCI Express ×4 slot
    		•
    Power Supply 500 W / 750 W / 1000 W
    Dimensions (H × W × D) 17.7 × 7.5 × 19.0 inches (449 × 191 × 482 mm)
    Software1 Microsoft Works 9.0 and Office 2007 Trial
    Microsoft Money Essentials
    Norton 360™ All-in-One Security suite (60-day trial)
    Cyberlink® Power2Go
    Cyberlink Label Print (included with Labelflash drive)
    Google Toolbar and Desktop Search
    WildTangent™ Games
    Adobe® Reader®
    Gateway BigFix 2.0
    Gateway Recovery Center

    1 Specifications vary depending on model
    2 Optional