Choose the right Gaming System for You at the Price that Fits You

January 8th 2006

Dell 30" LCD Monitor

Dell unveiled their latest gaming computer at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year. The “Renegade” uses an over-clocked 4.26 GHz dual core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition mode 955 CPU, and is Dell’s newest edition to their XPS line of computers.

The Renegade includes two 10,000 RPM 150GB Raptor hard drives and is cooled using the standard XPS 600 cooling system. Dell uses FOUR of the GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB graphics cards in this system. Two of the cards are plugged in to two x16 PCIe graphics slots in their nForce 4 based custom mother board. The other two are run at a slightly lower clock speed.

The system includes a new 30” ultra hi-res 2560 x 1600 LCD monitor. According to PC Magazine Dell anticipates shipping the new XPS system by the end of January, with prices ranging from about $4,000 to $7,000 plus, depending on display and other options. The Dell website says the system will be out in spring.

Of course there are other high end gaming platforms available from other vendors. Digital Storm Customized Systems offers a line of Twister computers. The Ultra Twister uses AMD's new Athlon 64,FX, and the X2 processors offer the power of 64-bit computing and backward compatibility with 32-bit applications. With 64-bit processing power, you open up a new world of gaming and realism for your pc, according to the company. Digital Storm offers free shipping on their systems.

If you would like to take your gaming with you, WidowPC offers a line of laptop gaming machines. These machines start at about $1,000 and go up to over $3,000. Of course they also offer tower systems at similar prices.

Although not as big as the movie industry, the video game industry is still worth over $10 billion annually. The film industry grosses over $40 billion per year according to Wikipedia. Sales have been improving with the release of the new X-box 360. Even Sony is expected to release a new iteration of their Playstation. Whether using the consoles or a PC, games in all platforms are becoming more realistic.