Alienware Area-51 m5550 - Manual (Page 10)

Alienware Area-51 m5550 Technical Reference
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Performance Features
High Performance Processor with Calistoga Chipset
The notebook PC is equipped with a powerful Mobile Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
Together with the latest Calistoga chipset and technologies, the system offers
advanced PC performance.
Advanced Graphic Engine
The PCI-Express high-end graphics engine offers excellent graphics performance
for the most demanding professionals or gamers. The advanced graphics chip also
incorporates a hardware-based motion-compensation engine, which gives you smooth
MPEG video playback. DirectX 9 graphics capability also adds realism to PC games.
LCD Display
The computer is equipped with a non-wide (16:10) 15.4” TFT display panel for the best
cinematic viewing experience.
Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive Support (on certain models)
The serial ATA bus offers higher data throughput than the traditional parallel ATA bus.
This gives you optimal hard drive performance.
ExpressCard Technology
ExpressCard is the next-generation of the PC Card standard. The bus interface is based
on the two standards: PCI Express for high-performance I/O and USB2.0 for a variety
of devices.
Expandability
The system offers an upgradeable hard disk drive and 2 DDR SDRAM sockets for
expansion, allowing the user to easily increase the storage and system capacities as
the need arises.
Built-in Multiple Card Reader
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