XPS 600

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

<ahall@no-spam-panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Dell has changed its top of the line
> machine. Nvidia mother board.
>
> Not that I have any intention of buying
> one, but there were a couple of things
> about it I did not understand.
>
> 1) XP Pro x64 OS.
> This is offered, but with standard high end
> pentium dual core chips. I though the 64 bit
> OS required a 64 bit chip?
>
> 2) Dual video boards.
> Is this only useful with dual monitors? Or do
> they have some way to use the output of both
> through one connector.
>
> There are no "Help me choose" links, so I am a bit
> clueless here.
>
> ah
>
>
> --
> Andrew Hall
> (Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)

The dual core chips 8xx series are 64 bit ready as well as the Intel 5x1 and
6xx series processors.

The dual video board is 2 identical nvidia 7800GT graphics cards connected
internally but the PC sees them as a single card and you use the monitor
outputs from one of them, in this case they are Dual DVI so you can run 2
monitors if you wanted to.

HTH

Bal