Specifications
Part Number: SX2801Gateway SX2801 Desktop Series

Following are the specifications for the Gateway ® SX2801 desktop series.
Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)2
Processor1 Intel® Core™2 Quad processor, up to 3.00 GHz
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, up to 3.33 GHz
Intel® Pentium® processor, up to 2.93 GHz
Intel® Celeron® processor, up to 2.50 GHz

Supporting Intel® 64 architecture

Chipset Intel® G43 Express chipset
Memory1, 3, 4, Up to 8 GB of dual-channel 1333 MHz DDR3 system memory, using four DIMM modules
Graphics1 Intel® HD Graphics with 1.70 GB of video memory, featuring Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, DVD upscaling. MPEG-2, VC-1, AVC/H.264 decoding.De-interlacing, sharpness detail, noise reduction, Film Mode detection, video scaling, panel scalar, Microsoft® DirectX® 10 support. Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0 (Intel® DVMT 5.0) support

ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 with 1.00 GB of dedicated DDR2 VRAM, supporting Unified Video Decoder (UVD), OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.1, Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1, OpenGL® 3.1, OpenCL™ 1.0

ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 with 1.00 GB of dedicated DDR3 VRAM, supporting Unified Video Decoder (UVD), OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 5.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 11, OpenGL® 3.2, OpenCL™ 1.0

NVIDIA® GeForce® 315 with 512 MB of dedicated DDR3 VRAM, supporting NVIDIA® CUDA™, PhysX™, PureVideo® HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.1, Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1, OpenGL® 2.1, OpenCL™ 1.0

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 320 with 1.00 GB of dedicated DDR3 VRAM, supporting NVIDIA® CUDA™, PhysX™, PureVideo® HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.1, Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1, OpenGL® 2.1, OpenCL™ 1.0
Hard Drive1 Serial ATA hard disk up to 2 TB6
Media Card Reader1 Multi-in-1 media card reader, supporting:
  • CompactFlash® (Type I and II)
  • CF+™ Microdrive
  • MultiMediaCard™ (MMC)
  • Secure Digital™ (SD) Card
  • Memory Stick™
  • Memory Stick PRO™
Optical Drive1 Optical drive options:
  • Blu-ray writer / SuperMulti DVD burner combination drive
  • Blu-ray reader / SuperMulti DVD burner combination drive
  • DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
  • DVD-ROM
Audio High-definition audio support
MS-Sound compatible
Communication Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet

Front Ports PhotoFrame button
Five USB 2.0 ports
Headphone and microphone-in jack
Multi-in-one card reader
Rear Ports Four USB 2.0 ports
PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
Ethernet (RJ-45) port
High-definition audio with 5.1-channel support
Optical S/PDIF port
HDMI™ port with HDCP support
D-Sub VGA port
Add-In Card Slots and expansion bays Add-in card slots: One PCI Express® x 16 slot
One PCI Express® x 1 slots

Expansion bays: None

Power1 220 W
Software7 Gateway Games
Gateway Identity Card
Gateway InfoCentre
Gateway Recovery Management
Gateway Updater
Adobe® Flash® Player
Adobe® Reader®
CyberLink® PowerDVD™ 9
eBay® shortcut
Google Toolbar™
Google™ Setup
Microsoft® Office Ready 2007 Trial8 (Service Pack 2)
Microsoft® Works
Nero® 9 Essentials
Netflix
Norton Internet Security™ 2009 Trial
Norton™ Online Backup Trial9
Skype™
Welcome Center
Windows Live™ Essentials
Accessories1 USB standard keyboard
USB optical mouse
Gateway LCD monitor
Windows® Media Center remote control
Windows® Media Center receiver with IR blaster
System compliance and Certification PC 2001, ENERGY STAR® 5.0 and EuP Lot 6 Ready, FCC, CE, BSMI, CCC, VCCI, CB, MET
Dimensions
(W × D × H) 		3.94 x 12.40 x 10.43 inches (100 x 315 x 265 mm)

Windows®. Life without Walls™. Gateway recommends Windows 7.

  1. Specifications vary depending on model.
  2. 64-bit software is required to enjoy the advantages of 64-bit processing.
  3. A 64-bit operating system is required to enjoy the ultimate performance of 4 GB or higher memory. 32-bit operating systems are limited to using 3 GB of the available memory.
  4. Shared system memory may be allocated to support integrated graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors. Actual system memory available to the operating system will be reduced by any memory used by the graphics solution and resources required by the operating environment.
  5. Resolution/refresh rates depend on display capability and color/depth settings.
  6. 1 GB is 1 billion bytes; 1 TB is 1,000 GB. Actual formatted capacity is less and may vary depending on preloaded materials and operating environment. Gateway Recovery Management utilizes up to 24 GB of the stated hard disk capacity as dedicated backup space.
  7. Bundled software may vary depending on hardware configuration, OS and regional availability.
  8. 60-day full-function access of all preinstalled Office 2007 applications.
  9. 30-day trial for 5 GB online storage.