Alienware and Bigfoot Networks Team Up to Create a Killer Online Gaming Desktop PC

Austin, TX (Gawkwire.com) Alienware and Bigfoot Networks have teamed up to deliver the next generation online gaming desktop PC for the holidays. Gamers can now order an Aurora™ Online Gaming Edition QuickShip Desktop configured with the Killer NIC™ K1, a network card that reduces lag and delivers smoother, more responsive online game play. The online gaming PC will ship within 48 hours after payment confirmation and validation, and is priced at $1899.

Aurora™ Online Gaming Edition Quick Ship Desktop features:

AMD® Phenom™ X4 9950 Black Edition Quad Core 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache
Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Killer NIC™ K1 Gaming Network Card, 333MHz NPU, 64MB DDR2
ATI® Radeon® HD 4870
4GB DD2 Memory

Bigfoot Networks is promoting the Holiday QuickShip with giveaways on online community sites.
 
According to the inaugural "Horizons" research report sponsored by the PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA):

Online gaming is the fastest growing segment of the $10.7 billion gaming industry
Online gaming accounted for $4.8 billion dollars in revenue, nearly double the worldwide retails sales for PC games.

The Killer NIC K1 is a high-performance network card designed specifically to improve online gaming performance.

Improves responsiveness by bypassing the Windows® stack and reducing in-game ping
Smoothes game play and increases frame rates by offloading network processing from the CPU to the NPU
Features built-in gamer-grade Killer Hardware Firewall & Killer Hardware Bandwidth Control to manage and secure your gaming network with high-performance tools.

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