At the ongoing International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2006, Dell introduced the XPS 600 Renegade to its existing XPS series for gaming enthusiasts. The XPS 600 Renegade is a special, limited-edition configuration, which according to Dell, breaks the XPS mould in many ways.

An ultra high-end computer, Renegade is colorfully air-brushed, containing 4 graphics processing units (GPUs) to enrich the PC gaming experience. Michael Dell, chairman, Dell, says that XPS 600 Renegade is capable of providing 3 times the resolution of Xbox high-definition games.

Designed as a new version of Dell’s current XPS 600, Renegade sports a flaming red colour on the outside, and on the inside - features such as dual-core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition CPU; mode 955, over-clocked from the factory to as much as 4.26GHz; standard hard drive configuration of two 10,000 RPM 150GB Raptor drives; and standard XPS 600 cooling system.

XPS 600 Renegade also features 4 GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB graphics cards (quad graphics), clocking speeds slightly lower than standard 7800 GTX 512MB cards, but higher than 256MB cards; 2 of the cards are plugged into 2 x16 PCIe graphics slots, in the nForce 4 based custom Dell motherboard.

In addition, Renegade incorporates a Western Digital Raptor 150GB; 10,000RPM SATA drive; and a pair of Western Digital 250GB 7,200 RPM drives configured as either RAID 0 or 1.

Dell’s new system will probably ship in Q1 2006; for prices maybe in the range of $4,000 to 7,000 plus, depending on display and other options.