Alienware to Launch New AMD64-Based Desktop Replacement Systems

March 9, 2006 - Alienware will release two new powerful AMD-based notebooks featuring NVIDIASLI technology during Q2 2006. Alienware's newest desktop replacements are powered by dual NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards and the latest AMD Turion 64 mobile technology serving as the ultimate desktop replacement systems for mobile gamers and creative professionals.

Customers will enjoy blazing-fast frame rates, exceptional image quality, and ultra-realistic physics and lighting when running the most advanced games and graphics-rich applications. Powered by AMD Turion 64 mobile technology, Alienware's latest notebooks will also provide simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing, enhanced security and compatibility with all of today's most popular wireless technologies.

"AMD Turion 64 mobile technology offers incredible AMD64 performance for Alienware's two newest mobile systems," said Chris Cloran, vice president, Mobile Division, AMD's Microprocessor Solutions Sector. "With spacious screen sizes and powerful graphics performance, these notebooks offer gamers and other power multimedia users the features and performance of a desktop system in a portable form factor for the ultimate on-the-go lifestyle."

"With gaming notebooks like the Alienware systems pushing the envelope with extreme HD resolutions, gamers need more graphics processing power so they can crank up their 3D quality settings. SLI delivers that power— creating high-performance, HD notebooks for gamers on the go." said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of the GPU business unit at NVIDIA.

"Alienware's two newest mobile systems offer both desktop power and mobile convenience on cutting-edge AMD-based platforms," said Mark Vena, Vice President of Marketing at Alienware. "With spacious screen sizes and the best graphics performance possible on a mobile system, these systems take everything that gamers and other power users demand from their desktop systems and place it in a portable form factor for performance without limits."

For more information, visit www.alienware.com/slinotebooks or call 1-800-ALIENWARE (254-3692).

SOURCE Alienware