The return of Commodore

[Kraig]

Commodore Unveils New PC Range

As previously promised, representatives from Commodore Gaming have revealed specific details of the company’s new range of high end PC products to be branded with the Commodore name and logo.

The Commodore brand was made famous in the ‘80s and ‘90s with the 8-bit Commodore 64 home computer and the 16-bit Amiga family, with new company Commodore Gaming being formed to reintroduce the brand to the market, initially via TV consoles and a portable GPS device, and now via a range of gaming PCs.

The new PCs will be launched tomorrow at the CeBIT 2007 show in Germany, with four different models named Cg, Cgs, Cgx and Cxx. These are described as ranging from an entry level gaming PC to an “extreme specification model”. Each machine runs Windows Vista and can be customized from a range of high end components and peripherals.

The high end Cxx model features the following hardware specification as standard:

Processor: IntelR CoreT2 Extreme quad-core processor QX6700, 2.66 8M Cache
Motherboard: ASUSR P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI
Hard drive/Storage: 2x 150Gb 10000 Rpm Sata Raid 0, 1x 500Gb 7200 Rpm Sata
Memory:, 4 Gb Corsair Dominator twin2x2048-8500C5D, 1066MHz
I/O: 7in1 cardreader; (Front) USBx2 Firewire x 1 HeadPhone x 1 MicroPhone x 1
Optical: Philips DVDRW
Power Supply: 1000W ICE Cube PSU
Audio: CreativeR SoundBlaster X-Fi
Graphics: 2x nVidia 8800 GTX 768MB
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

Each PC can also be customized with selected schemes including a graffiti scheme, photography designs and artwork licensed from PC games – with Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 being used as a current example.

The concept is similar to that of Xbox 360 face plates, with the different designs being referred to as “C=kins”. Other unusual features include two multi-colored LED lights inside the fans which can be customised by the user.

[BongMan]

mmmmmm I want the Cxx on the hunt for a high end rig in the next few months and deffinatly gonna give these a good hard look..

[MC Hammered]

Too bad they didn't come out with a new revolutionary platform like the Amiga back in the day.

Now that was a powerhouse machine that just didn't have enough support.

[rawb]

WTT CXX FOR VIC 20 W/TAPE DRIVE AND RAM EXPANDER

[mekim]

my c64 still gets some use when i'm bored & feel like playing old games

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[Wood]

i was mr. amiga all through the 80s and well into the 90s... my buddy accross the street when we were kids had a Vic 20 with the tape drive & all... that's some prehistoric shit. actually my dad's first home computer, an Osbourne portable, was recently donated to & is going to be featured in the Royal BC Museum. It's the size of a suitcase and has a 5" monitor.