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Alienware Area-51(R) Desktops Get Muscular New NVIDIA Graphics

MIAMI—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 16, 2008— Alienware the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and entertainment systems reaffirms its commitment to providing only the most advanced graphics technology by offering the all-new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280 GPUs with the Area-51® family of desktop computers. Designed for unprecedented gaming performance, users can select the 602MHz GeForce GTX 280 GPU with a full 1GB of memory.

While the Alienware Area-51 7500 will support only a single GeForce GTX 280 GPU, the flagship Area-51 desktop will feature both a single card option and a dual-SLI® configuration. For gamers looking for a true burst of graphics power, the legendary Area-51 ALX desktop offers a 3-way SLI configuration for the worlds most advanced, most powerful graphics solution.

Features of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 line of graphics cards include:

Alienware has always and will always equip our award-winning desktops with only the most advanced components available, says Marc Diana, Product Marketing Manager for Alienware. Thats why were thrilled to offer the Area-51 family of desktops with the GeForce GTX 280 graphics card. The combination of Alienwares expert engineering and the worlds most powerful GPUs creates an unbeatable gaming experience.

Alienware desktop PCs are the perfect vehicle for our new GeForce GTX 280 GPU, said Ujesh Desai, general manger of desktop GPU business at NVIDIA. We are excited that Alienwares customers will be able to push the graphics and gaming boundaries of their PCs, and experience a whole new level of visual computing.

Weve got industry-leading graphics, awesome performance and expert engineering, remarked Diana. Thats why hardcore gamers love us, and we definitely want to keep returning that love by giving them more of what they want.

For more information about Alienware desktop systems with the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 GPU, please visit: http://www.alienware.com/GTX.

About Alienware

Alienware offers unique and award-winning technology products that incorporate stateoftheart components, innovative engineering and design, and unprecedented customer service. Alienware has been recognized by INC 500, won the Shoppers Choice Award as the Best Performance Desktop by Computer Shoppers reader survey, had its Alienware Area-51 ranked among The 25 Greatest PCs of All Time by PC World and also received PC Magazines Readers Choice Award in its 18th Annual Reader Survey. Alienware systems are available direct within the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. For more information, please visit www.alienware.com or call 1-800-ALIENWARE (254-3692).



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