Overview - HP Vectra XW Optimization Manual

1 Your Personal Workstation's Performance Features

Overview

Overview
Your HP Vectra XW Personal Workstation provides a number of
features that bring unprecedented levels of performance to your
desktop applications. Some of these features offer you their full
performance benefits immediately, without needing to be adjusted in
any way. Other features must be configured according to your use
before their full benefit can be realized.
This chapter explains these new features so that you can better
understand the performance benefits they offer. Where a feature is
configurable or can be upgraded, detailed descriptions are given to
help you understand the options available to you.
The following features of your Personal Workstation are described in
this chapter:
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Intel Pentium
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Dual processing capability
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Flexible memory configuration
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Advanced operating system support
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PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus
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Support for Ultra SCSI devices
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High performance IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) mass storage
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Advanced 3D graphics capabilities
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High quality, stereo audio recording and playback
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Fast and adaptable networking.
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