Dell Gives XPS the Quad Treatment, Updates 30-inch LCD
Nov 14th, 2006 | by CousinPaulie | Posted in nerd culture, press, technology, toys | Comments Off
In case your dual-core desktop was starting to show its age, Dell is now letting you cram a quad-core processor inside its top of the line XPS desktop. The new XPS 710 packs Intel’s Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core CPU, letting you throw any multi-threaded app you can find its way. For expansion, the desktop has four memory slots and seven expansion slots comfortably fitting as many video cards as you can afford. Dell’s 30-inch LCD also got a few upgrades. Click through for the update and pricing.
The new UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC now has a 92 percent color gamut, which Dell claims will deliver brighter, crisper colors. It also has a faster 8ms grey-to-grey response time (vs 11ms on the old panel). All this goodness is gonna cost you though. The XPS (available today) will start at $3,699 while the monitor (which will be out the 21st) will go for $1,699. We’re particulary excited about the LCD, as there’s few multi-threaded apps in our library to justify splurging close to $4 grand on a desktop.
