Gaming

Finally let’s take a look at some gaming performance with the Alienware Area 51 7500. With two 8800 GTXs in SLI, we should expect some good results!

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Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 2x GeForce 8800GTX 768MB.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, ATI X1900 XTX .

Not really much of a surprise here. The EVGA 8800GTX 768MB cards in SLI mode obliterate 3DMark 06.

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Maximum CPU and Medium GPU settings. 1024×768.
Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 2x GeForce 8800GTX 768MB.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, ATI X1900 XTX .

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Medium settings. 1024×768.
Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 2x GeForce 8800GTX 768MB.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, ATI X1900 XTX .

Before you go jumping to hasty conclusions, the graphics settings were set to medium. As such the influence of the two 8800s in the Area 51 is less apparent. However, despite this the Area 51 7500 shows a good lead on the ATI X1900 XTX.

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