Finally Alienware tech makes it into Dell machines
So we've been waiting for this since Dell purchased Alienware over a year ago. No real surprises, with the possible exception of the ugly case, which not even 'boy racer' lights can redeem. Probably good airflow though. /shrug Still, if it bothers you for a similar price you can still pick up a machine directly from Alienware or one of the other dedicated gamer resellers.
As to some of the above comments:
- The point of buying a pre-overclocked machine (and paying the premium for it) is that the manufacturer warranty still applies. D'oh!
- With watercooling that overclock is by no means extreme, but still impressive. It will probably also be fairly quiet.
- And yes SUN workstations would provide much better performance. For applications that run on Solaris. This is squarely aimed at the 'gamers with a day job' market, who can (a) afford the convinience of not building and overclocking rigs themselves and (b) want a simple solution to play Counter Strike, or WoW or Everquest 2 (my drug of choice) or whatever.
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Finally Alienware tech makes it into Dell machines
So we've been waiting for this since Dell purchased Alienware over a year ago. No real surprises, with the possible exception of the ugly case, which not even 'boy racer' lights can redeem. Probably good airflow though. /shrug Still, if it bothers you for a similar price you can still pick up a machine directly from Alienware or one of the other dedicated gamer resellers.
As to some of the above comments:
- The point of buying a pre-overclocked machine (and paying the premium for it) is that the manufacturer warranty still applies. D'oh!
- With watercooling that overclock is by no means extreme, but still impressive. It will probably also be fairly quiet.
- And yes SUN workstations would provide much better performance. For applications that run on Solaris. This is squarely aimed at the 'gamers with a day job' market, who can (a) afford the convinience of not building and overclocking rigs themselves and (b) want a simple solution to play Counter Strike, or WoW or Everquest 2 (my drug of choice) or whatever.
Just my 2cp. ;)