May 14 2008

Dell Set to Axe XPS Gaming PC Brand, Focus on Promotion of Alienware Gaming PCs.

Tag: UncategorizedEggie @ 5:42 pm

Dell, one of the world’s largest suppliers of personal computers, reportedly plans to cease manufacturing of its Dell XPS-branded PCs for gamers and concentrate on popularization of machines from Alienware, a brand that specializes on enthusiast-class desktops and laptops which Dell acquired in 2006.

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May 14 2008

Intel’s Next-Generation Enthusiast Platform Begins to Take Shape.

Tag: UncategorizedEggie @ 5:17 pm

According to slides, which resemble those that come from Intel Corp., published by Expreview, Intel’s next-gen high-end desktop Intel X58 chipset, which is expected to come out Q4 this year, will consist of X58 PCI Express bridge as well as ICH10 input/output controller hub. Its  The X58 is projected to feature support for the bloomfield cpu, four PCI Express 2.0 memory controllers to support two graphics cards with two PCIe 2.0 x16 slots or four graphics cards with four PCIe 2.0 x8 slots.

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Expreview