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Dell XPS 600 Uses 4 GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs

by Rainier on Jan. 5, 2006 @ 3:39 p.m. PST

NVIDIA took its acclaimed SLI technology to a new level today by introducing support for the industry's first ever Quad SLI-certified PC. Delivering the most extreme high definition gaming experience available on the PC, Quad SLI features four of NVIDIA's flagship GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs each with two GeForce 7800 GTX graphics processing units (GPUs) on-board with an NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 motherboard.

This revolutionary technology was introduced today on the forthcoming Dell XPS 600 Renegade, as part of a keynote presentation by Michael Dell at CES in Las Vegas, NV.

John Medica, senior vice president, Product Group at Dell, stated: "Our demonstration of the first Quad SLI PC with NVIDIA is a major technology innovation, that when combined with the Dell XPS 600 Renegade and the new Dell 30-inch flat panel makes true high definition gaming a reality."

NVIDIA Quad SLI technology allows consumers to:

  • Run today's hottest games at extreme high definition (HD) resolutions- including an unbelievable 2560x1600 -- at silky smooth frame rates
  • Crank up their image quality with 32x antialiasing and 16x anisotropic filtering
  • Maximize their shader and texture settings for a truly immersive gaming experience

"Today's demonstration of the new Dell XPS 600 Renegade with our Quad SLI technology takes gaming to new levels," said Dan Vivoli, executive vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. "The ability to run today's hottest titles in extreme HD resolutions with all the eye candy turned on is absolutely amazing. Strap yourself in, because you are in for the ride of your life."

In addition, NVIDIA announced that Dell will be shipping the award-winning NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 in the Dell XPS 600 PC.

With the limited-edition XPS 600 Renegade(TM), Dell aims to extend its investment and category leadership in its line of high-performance desktop systems. The XPS system is expected to be the first to support two new NVIDIA GeForce(R) 7800 SLI graphics cards, which can link four graphics processors to speed up overall video performance or draw images with intense realism. The system also features Dell's first overclocked and factory-set 4.26 GHz Intel(R) Extreme Edition dual-core processor. Overclocking is designed to increase the processor speed beyond mainstream usage to deliver over-the-top performance critical to extreme gamers. Dell's implementation of the processor is supported by the expertise of specially trained XPS technicians.

During his address, Mr. Dell was joined on stage by Richard Garriott, executive producer of NCsoft, and Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. Mr. Garriott demonstrated NCsoft's next-generation online game, Auto Assault. Mr. Huang unveiled NVIDIA's new quad SLI technology and explained how the graphics technology in PCs can outperform gaming consoles over time.

Each limited-edition XPS 600 Renegade will be custom painted by Mike Lavallee of Killer Paint, known worldwide for his detailed artwork on cars and motorcycles. Dell expects to provide pricing and ship the limited-edition XPS 600 Renegade in the U.S. in the spring of 2006.

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