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The Alienware Area-51 m17x 17-inch gaming laptop is now available. The notebook sports dual Nvidia GeForce video cards, up to 1TB of storage space, and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors.

The m17x features a 17″ display supporting 1080p (1920-by-1200 pixels) high definition resolution. The screen is managed by dual Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX, 8700M GT or 8600M GT dedicated graphics cards operating in SLI mode. The laptop comes with a 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Extreme processor, up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, and up to 1000GB of hard drive capacity using two 500GB HDD units. In addition, a hot-swappable third hard drive can be inserted into SmartBay, which is populated by default with a DVD burner or Blu-ray optical drive. This system is also configurable with a 64GB solid state drive and 1GB Intel Turbo Memory.

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Alienware released the Release Candidate 1 version of the X32 BIOS for its Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch gaming notebook. The RC1 resolves any remaining performance issues left open by the previous X30 beta version, the company has announced.

The resolved problems in the m15x are related to its video card getting too hot and downclocking to reduce temperature, which also reduced gaming performance.

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Alienware has created and will distribute a beta BIOS update for its Area-51 m15x gaming notebook, in order to resolve overheating and performance problems reported by users.

While playing games, the video card in the m15x with the default BIOS version overheats after a certain period of time and then underclocks to keep itself cool, resulting in unsatisfactory gaming performance, according to forum posts at NotebookReview.

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Alienware has updated its Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch gaming notebook with the new Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors, based on the latest 45-nanometer “Penryn” chip.

The Alienware Area-51 m15x is now available with the 45nm Core 2 Duo T9300 CPU 2.5GHz, T9500 at 2.6GHz, and the Core 2 Extreme X9000 at 2.8GHz, which is advertised as “the world’s highest performing mobile processor”.

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The Alienware Area-51 m15x, the first 15.4-inch notebook in the U.S. market with the Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX video card, is now available for purchase.

The recently announced Area-51 m15x gaming laptop is based on the Intel PM956 chipset and comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Extreme mobile processor, depending on customer’s choice. The incorporated Nvidia’s top of the line GeForce 8800M GTX mobile graphics card has 512MB of dedicated video memory. The “world’s fastest notebook GPU” is compatible with DirectX 10 games and manages the notebook’s 15.4″ 1920-by-1200 or 1440-by-900 widescreen display.

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The Alienware Area-51 m17x and m15x gaming laptops, which incorporate the latest NVIDIA GeForce 8800M video cards, a feature called BinaryGFX for switching between integrated and dedicated graphics, and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors, will become available during the first quarter of 2008, the company announced yesterday.

The Alienware Area-51 m17x sports a 17-inch display supporting a 1080p (1920-by-1200 pixels) high definition resolution. The screen is managed by dual Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX or dual Nvidia 8700M GT graphics cards operating in SLI mode. This high-end laptop provides up to 640GB of data storage, plus an expandable Smart Bay hard drive option. The m17x ships with a Blu-Ray burner and supports up to 4GB system memory. In addition, it has the 1GB Intel Turbo Memory option for better system responsiveness. The Alienware’s upcoming notebook provides 802.11a/b/g/draft n wireless connectivity and an optional built-in TV tuner.

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Nvidia prepares the release of the GeForce 8800M GTX video card for notebooks, the leaked Alienware’s laptop specifications revealed.

According to the information published on Alienware.com, the PC maker will unveil the 15.4-inch Area-51 m15x featuring the optional single Nvidia 8800M GTX and the 17-inch Area-51 m17x with an option of two of these video cards operating in SLI mode.

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Alienware has launched the new AlienExchange Trade-in Program, allowing customers to trade in any number of electronic devices toward the purchase of new Alienware products.

The Trade-in Program allows anyone who is considering purchasing Alienware products the chance to increase their finances by trading in items such as desktop and notebook computers, servers, monitors, as well as gaming consoles, mobile phones, MP3 players, PDAs, cameras, camcorders and projectors, and home and car audio receivers.

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Alienware has started to offer single and dual Samsung 320GB hard drive configurations in RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes in the 17-inch Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 notebooks, as well as a single Samsung 320GB configuration in the 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550 notebook.

“The Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 are the industry’s first mobile systems to provide up to 640GB of hard drive space, while the Area-51 m9750 is the first to offer the combination of a 320GB hard drive and a 64GB solid state drive. As a result, Area-51 m9750 users can enjoy the best possible options in multiple hard drive formats,” the Alineware’s press release says.

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Alienware has released the preconfigured 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550 Quick Ship Edition laptop, featuring Intel Core 2 Duo 7200 processor at 2GHz and ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 128MB dedicated video card.

Alienware Area-51 m5550 Quick Ship Edition is priced at $1,599.00 and ships within 2 business days. The system is based on Intel’s 945PM chipset and features 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 160GB SATA hard drive at 5,400rpm and a DVD burner. The Mobility Radeon X1400 empowers the 15.4″ widescreen LCD display with 1280-by-800 pixel screen resolution. This laptop integrates the Intel 7.1 High-Definition Audio.

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Alienware has added solid state drive (SSD) options to its notebook PCs. The offered SSD choices include 32GB units, as well as 64GB RAID 0 option with two 32GB drives.

These Flash memory-based Serial ATA drives are available on the 17-inch Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 laptops, as well as on the 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550.

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Alienware announced today the refreshed Area-51 m9750 gaming and multimedia notebook, which is now claimed to be the World’s first 17-inch laptop to fuse dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics cards and Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Along with Core 2 Duo Mobile “Merom” processor and 945PM chipset, the Intel “Napa” platform-based Alienware Area-51 m9750 features single NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 512MB GDDR3 graphics card or two of them paired using NVIDIA SLI technology. These graphics solutions empower the notebook’s 17-inch widescreen display with 1920×1200 or optional 1440×900 resolution.

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The 250GB 2.5-inch laptop hard drives spinning at 5400rpm have arrived to the market, according to the reports about these drives offered with Dell’s and Alienware’s notebook PCs.

The configuration pages of select Alienware Aurora and Dell XPS notebooks show the new hard drives use Serial ATA (SATA) interface and have 8MB of cache memory.

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Alienware today announced the overclocking option for the Intel Core 2 Duo processors incorporated in Area-51 m5790 and Area-51 m5550 gaming notebooks.

The company says the customers now can take advantage of higher processing performance without the higher price, when purchasing the 17-inch m5790 and 15.4-inch m5550.

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Alienware Aurora m9700 gaming laptop has just been refreshed with new features such as 1GB of graphics memory and the new color options. The Aurora m9700 is now available with dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics cards. In addition to Saucer Silver, the Aurora m9700 is now available in Conspiracy Blue and Cyborg Green color for additional $99.

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