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Velocity Micro Pushes the
Performance Envelope with New Intel® Core™ 2
Extreme Quad-Core Processor Machines
Custom high-performance professional
workstations and gaming PCs powered by
world’s first quad-core desktop processor.
Richmond, VA – November 14, 2006 –Velocity
Micro, the premier manufacturer of
custom-built workstations and PCs, announced
today the immediate availability of
ultra-performance machines based on the
groundbreaking Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700
and Intel® Xeon™ 5300 series processors. The
new CPUs, which fit four execution cores in
a single CPU package, can be ordered in
Velocity Micro’s ProMagix line of
workstations and in select Raptor series
gaming PCs.
“The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 is a
performance powerhouse for high-end and
enthusiast users who need a machine on the
cutting edge for today and tomorrow,” said
Randy Copeland, Velocity Micro President and
CEO. “Our new machines based on the CPU
bring unprecedented performance gains in
highly threaded multimedia applications and
games, and in multitasking scenarios.”
“We are very excited to have Velocity Micro
launch the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700
processor with quad core technology in their
award-winning gaming and workstation PC
lines,” said Greg Pearson, Vice President,
Sales and Marketing Group and President,
Intel Americas, Inc. “With its history of
launching products based on Intel’s
enthusiast processor technologies, Velocity
Micro delivers high performance PCs that
power users demand. The QX6700 was designed
to be a PC enthusiast’s dream and we are
pleased to see Velocity Micro utilize the
QX6700’s potential for their enthusiast
audience.”
For professional applications, Velocity
Micro offers the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
quad-core processor in its ProMagix Plus
W250 and ProMagix W160 high-performance
workstations. The chip’s four processing
cores are able to handle massive throughput
for highly threaded applications such as 3D
modeling and video/audio editing and
rendering.
Velocity Micro will also offer Intel
quad-core processors in its Raptor Signature
Edition and Raptor DCX custom gaming PCs.
The Core 2 Extreme QX6700 can boost physics
and artificial-intelligence processing,
making games more immersive and compelling.
Users can expect games to become even more
realistic as future games take advantage of
four separate processing cores.
About Velocity Micro, Inc.
Velocity Micro, Inc. is the premier
high-performance personal computer provider
in North America. Founded in 1992, Richmond,
Va.-based Velocity Micro custom builds award
winning gaming, mobile, multimedia, home
office, and small business solutions.
Velocity Micro systems are now available at
Best Buy retail stores and www.bestbuy.com.
For more information on Velocity Micro,
please visit www.velocitymicro.com or call,
toll-free, (800) 303-7866.
Velocity Micro has earned over 30 industry
awards including nine PC Magazine Editor's
Choice awards. CNET, HardOCP, Maximum PC,
Mobile PC, PC World, Computer Gaming World,
Computer Shopper, and PC Gamer editors have
all chosen Velocity Micro systems as some of
the industry’s best-performing,
highest-quality, and most reliable PCs.
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