The XPS 700 was shoved into gamer's faces near the end of May this year, with a 3.73GHz Pentium Extreme Edition processor and an NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP. At the time, Dell also offered up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, 1.5TB of storage and dual GeForce 7900 GTX graphics cards. But with the coming of Intel's Core 2 procs for the desktop market; it was time for an upgrade. Intel's Core 2 processors are cooler and faster across the board when compared to Pentium-D and Extreme Edition processors, so Dell has taken the opportunity to upgrade its XPS 700. Although CNET was given the opportunity to review a
Core 2 Extreme X6800-based XPS 700 a few weeks ago, customers haven't been able to lay their hands on one yet. Plus, since the Core 2 Duo proc is so much faster, cooler and quieter. You run the dang thing without using a fan for hours on end with the temps going up a few degrees. And unlike the Pentiums which got their ass handed to them everytime they faced an Athlon, the Core 2's kick AMD off a cliff. Cough. Current XPS 700 users will be able to upgrade to a Core 2 after BIOS problem is fixed. But for all the unlucky people who ordered a XPS after July 18 will have to wait a little bit longer to get your machine. But the good thing is Dell will give you an offer to upgrade to a Core 2 proc for no charge (take it by all means!!!) But...Dells weblog says this...
unfortunately, this offer will extend your wait time—due to contractual arrangements, we can’t provide a specific delivery time at this point. We apologize for not being able to give you a ship date at this time.That is all. Special thanks to Dailytech.
The XPS 700 was shoved into gamer's faces near the end of May this year, with a 3.73GHz Pentium Extreme Edition processor and an NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP. At the time, Dell also offered up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, 1.5TB of storage and dual GeForce 7900 GTX graphics cards. But with the coming of Intel's Core 2 procs for the desktop market; it was time for an upgrade. Intel's Core 2 processors are cooler and faster across the board when compared to Pentium-D and Extreme Edition processors, so Dell has taken the opportunity to upgrade its XPS 700. Although CNET was given the opportunity to review a Core 2 Extreme X6800-based XPS 700 a few weeks ago, customers haven't been able to lay their hands on one yet. Plus, since the Core 2 Duo proc is so much faster, cooler and quieter. You run the dang thing without using a fan for hours on end with the temps going up a few degrees. And unlike the Pentiums which got their ass handed to them everytime they faced an Athlon, the Core 2's kick AMD off a cliff. Cough. Current XPS 700 users will be able to upgrade to a Core 2 after BIOS problem is fixed. But for all the unlucky people who ordered a XPS after July 18 will have to wait a little bit longer to get your machine. But the good thing is Dell will give you an offer to upgrade to a Core 2 proc for no charge (take it by all means!!!) But...Dells weblog says this...unfortunately, this offer will extend your wait time—due to contractual arrangements, we can’t provide a specific delivery time at this point. We apologize for not being able to give you a ship date at this time.That is all. Special thanks to Dailytech.
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