After walking through the isles of E3 in search of something to make our jaws drop, we came across Alienware’s booth and their new ALX brand of uber gaming systems. Given Alienware’s reputation of producing gaming rigs based upon the fastest hardware available, we had high expectations for the new products. For the first time at E3, a company managed to beat our expectations and leave our jaws on the showroom floor.

All the technology seen at the show was a staple of a new product line for Alienware. The new ALX brand of gaming systems will cater to the cutting-edge enthusiast who needs the fastest hardware money can buy. Looking at the specifications for these new systems, it seems as though Alienware will be able to satisfy even the most discerning gamer.

News source: PC Perspective

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Version 3.70 ( 15 May 2004 )

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    (2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Callaway on 17 May 2004 - 23:22
    *Creams pants*
    Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by ApostolicFire on 17 May 2004 - 23:28
    uhhhhhh...... did i come in at a wrong time? *walks out and closes the door*
    Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by Wolvereen on 18 May 2004 - 01:57
    No, looks like HE came at the wrong time... *ahem*
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by King Mustard on 17 May 2004 - 23:24
    I'd hit it lol
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by BTallack on 17 May 2004 - 23:38
    Why does this remind me of the old Voodoo 2s?
    Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by GotoLamia on 17 May 2004 - 23:56
    Because it basded on that system
    (6 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by amdme2600 on 17 May 2004 - 23:44
    I still think voodoo is better then ati or nvidia.
    Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by JK1150 on 18 May 2004 - 00:03
    i think if they stayed around they would have been
    Quote this comment #4.2 Posted by Fanon on 18 May 2004 - 02:05
    I don't think so. They Voodoo 5 couldn't compete with the Geforce 2 GTS, the powerhouse at the time. The Voodoo 6 would've been great as a boat paddle, but that's about it.

    Voodoo died because they simply couldn't keep up. Glide never made the jump to 32bit color, and Glide is the only thing Voodoo did well. It's D3D and OpenGL support were horrible (my Geforce256 did better at D3D than the Voodoo5).
    Quote this comment #4.3 Posted by dougkinzinger on 18 May 2004 - 03:14
    Well said. They (3Df had too narrow of a focus. They saw the future in Glide, whereas Microsoft was pushing DirectX, and OpenGL had the best specs at the time. So, they died. That's how history works I suppose.
    Quote this comment #4.4 Posted by Zatko55 on 18 May 2004 - 03:18
    3dfx died because it made an unsuccessful attempt to become a vertically aligned company. Otherwise, they'd still be here.
    Quote this comment #4.5 Posted by Slugbait on 18 May 2004 - 16:51
    Everyone made a good point, and all are correct to a certain degree. There were several factors that led to their demise. Personally, I knew they were toast the day they announced the purchase of STB.

    I still have SLI in my secondary box, but I haven't played any games on it in years, it's primarily now just my ripping machine. My main box has a Voodoo5 PCI juicing my second monitor, and it comes in handy for those times I want to change primary video to PCI and play a Glide game.
    Quote this comment #4.6 Posted by kwyjibo on 19 May 2004 - 12:46
    QUOTE (#4.2)
    The Voodoo 6 would've been great as a boat paddle, but that's about it.

    Hahahahaha. Nice.
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by armedpyro on 17 May 2004 - 23:54
    ummm lol




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    Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by HappyCar on 18 May 2004 - 00:32
    wtf is that site?
    LOL

    800W to 1kw
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by Toxikk on 18 May 2004 - 01:05
    schwing
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by kingbob on 18 May 2004 - 01:06
    i want one!
    (3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by cesardrgn on 18 May 2004 - 01:09
    but how much would one be...
    Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by Monkeh on 18 May 2004 - 02:25
    Judging from Alienware's current price... uhh, I don't even want to think about it
    Quote this comment #8.2 Posted by Phroz3n on 18 May 2004 - 11:24
    Lol, Same here
    Quote this comment #8.3 Posted by Tager on 18 May 2004 - 14:41
    an arm and half your leg
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by Panorama on 18 May 2004 - 02:24
    Oh god.
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Solarix on 18 May 2004 - 02:30
    why is the pc on but with no cpu or memory in it?!, or rather one cpu but no memory?
    Quote this comment #10.1 Posted by pappadj on 18 May 2004 - 02:59
    I think the pics weren't high quality to tell the mem chips are there. If I'm not mistaken if you look at the bottom of the brackets you'll notice the 2nd and 4th... or is that 1st and 3rd... whatever have a small black line in the bracket and after looking at it for a few seconds I can depict a memory chip... I just think the image quality and the angle don't do enough justice to tell. Or they just hadn't put it in before demo'n the systems... don't think that's the case.

    1st system has 2 procs water cooled... 2nd has 1 of 2 installed and air cooled.

    Also to those comparing the voodoo2 to this make sure to read the details of the article, whereas the voodoo2 (I have one btw) uses a loopback cable and renders all the 3dwork demanded of it, this system is different as it uses a 3rd card to migrate the two and each work independently on 1/2 of the screen at a time. Much better system.... I can't wait for PCI-e now.. wholly shnikeys!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by kioria on 18 May 2004 - 03:17
    about time someone brought is video arrays.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by DJ Prem on 18 May 2004 - 04:25
    cool
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by ^_^ Silly Willy on 18 May 2004 - 07:00
    get rid of the tacky case and it would be cool.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by EnIgMa-PenGuIn on 18 May 2004 - 07:01
    lol that case and watercooling setup seriusly looks like a koolance product.. just a little more rounded

    but a nice product..
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by Varsity on 18 May 2004 - 07:03
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    The inside of the demo machine, running two NVIDIA 5900 Ultra cards on PCI Express.
    Holy...
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by Shifty on 18 May 2004 - 07:50
    imagine slapping 2 Intel Prescotts and 2 X800 XTs in there!!
    i would have to upgrade my box for years!!

    i bet w/ that setup, i would be able to run quake3 @ 500fps!!
    Quote this comment #16.1 Posted by WMI on 18 May 2004 - 11:54
    but could you shoot better.

    you'd still die, camper!
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by Nimbo on 18 May 2004 - 11:49
    Ok let me figure this out.... ATI x800 XT = $500x2= $1000 NO WAY I will never pay for that... sure graphics are going to be better but I can build a system for the cost of those 2 video cards.... Alien won't be getting my hard earned $$.....
    Quote this comment #17.1 Posted by Slugbait on 18 May 2004 - 16:44
    Exactly. These machines aren't designed for people like you. They're designed for people who want the most cutting-edge machine, and have the money to burn. Even their single-card boxes are way beyond the cost of what you can build a system for.

    Also note...this isn't a Dell or some homemade box. These guys build, configure and tweak these machines to within an inch of their lives. While we all sit and wonder why the box we just built won't post, gets too hot, has random lock-ups, has low numbers in 3DMark, etc, and troubleshoot for hours and post questions on forums, Alienware's boxes come out of the gate running in tip-top condition, with all of the current highest-quality components, ready to frag.
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