PC Specialist Vanquish HD review

The graphics card is a 2GB AMD Radeon HD7870. It’s a reasonably powerful card, easily up to running the latest games at full quality. We got a playable frame rate of 29fps in Crysis 2 and a blistering 80fps in Dirt 3. The card can run up to triple-monitor Eyefinity multi-screen displays connected via its two Mini DisplayPorts and one of either its DVI or HDMI port.

The matt 23.6in AOC E2450SWDA monitor’s 1,920×1,080 resolution gives you plenty of space to work in, although the display only has VGA and DVI inputs. It also has a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse set. They’re functional, but nothing special.

Sadly, the Vanquish doesn’t have quite as many ports as we’d have liked. There are two USB ports at the front, alongside an eSATA port and the usual 3.5mm headphone and microphone ports. At the back there are another six USB ports, of which two support the new USB3 standard. There’s also a PS/2 port that you can use to connect a mouse or keyboard, a Gigabit Ethernet port, and surround sound audio outputs.

The Vanquish HD is a capable PC that we’d be glad to own. Features such as a Blu-ray reader and an SSD with sufficient space to install software that benefits from faster read-write speeds are also points in its favour. However, the Chillblast Fusion Vantage packs in more features for the same price.