Dell Precision 390 Delivers Improved Customer Experience for Users in EMEA

Dubai, UAE, 27 July, 2006-- Dell today expanded its Precision desktop workstation line in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the addition of the Precision 390, a system designed to set a new standard for balancing performance, scalability and value while handling some of the most demanding applications.

The Dell Precision 390 Workstation features the latest OpenGL graphics to manipulate high-resolution images and innovative dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo and Extreme processors to deliver dramatic performance improvements for applications ranging from 3-D entertainment to 3-D engineering design. With the new, more efficient micro architecture, the Precision 390 Workstation can deliver improvements1 up to 63 percent in computer performance, up to 56 percent in application benchmarks and up to 88 percent in graphics performance for video editing, animation and computer-aided design (CAD).

The Dell Precision 390 also incorporates an improved chassis that provides excellent flexibility for customer deployment or redeployment. For example, customers can easily convert between a tower and desktop configuration and, because the chassis is rack-mountable, it can be ideal for larger, networked deployments. Larger front bezel vents and a new real-time thermal sensor improve airflow to better manage system thermals. The real-time thermal sensor also helps improve fan efficiency for an average 20 percent improvement in idle acoustics.

The Dell Precision 390 continues Dell's drive to deliver maximum performance for the price, complementing the recently announced Dell Precision 690 and 490 desktop workstations.

"Dell has pushed the performance and scalability envelope for industry-standard professional workstations with the Dell Precision 690 and Dell Precision 490," said Eric Greffier, Director Corporate Client Products, Dell Europe, Middle East and Africa. "The Dell Precision 390 was designed as the perfect complement to the desktop line as it balances advanced performance and scalability with unbeatable value for our customers, all while providing unparalleled workstation application certifications."

Dell Precision customers can also take advantage of increased efficiency and customisation with Dell's new Advanced Configuration Services.  At time of purchase, customers can modify and customise the standard Dell operating system and configurations of the systems they're ordering. 

Dell Precision 390 highlights:

  • New dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo and Extreme series processors

  • Scalable architecture performance that scales from single core 800 MHz to dual core 1,066MHz and 2 MB to 4 MB L2 cache

  • A range of SATA and SAS hard drives up to 750GB2 including RAID functionality, and configurable for up to four hard drives, with RAID configuration possible with two or more drives

  • Memory scalability up to 8 GB3

  • NVIDIA and ATI graphics technology for enhanced graphics performance

  • Innovative convertible chassis designed for increased reliability, ease of access, improved cooling and acoustics

Pricing and Availability

The Dell Precision 390, certified on some of the workstation industry's most demanding CAD, CAE, DCC, GIS and other applications, is available today worldwide. Prices for the Dell Precision 390 start at $1055. For more information, visit http://www.dell.com/precision www.dell.com/me. Dell will also offer Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors in a variety of Dell Precision, Latitude, Inspiron and XPS mobile platforms at the end of August 2006.

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Note to editors:
1 SPECint rate 2000 single threaded, the SPECviewperf 8.1 and SPECapc 3ds max 7 application benchmark test performed by Dell Labs in March 2006 on the Dell Precision 390 with Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz, E6600 2.4GHz and Extreme X6800 2.93GHz processors, all with 1066MHz FSB as compared to the Dell Precision 380 with Intel Pentium D 940 3.2GHz and 950 3.4GHz processors with 800MHz FSB and the Intel Extreme Edition 965 3.73GHz processor with 1066MHz FSB. All systems were configured with 4GB DDR2 533 NECC memory, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB OpenGL graphics, 80GB SATA 7200RPM HDD and Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability, 

2 The total amount of usable memory available will be less, depending on the actual system configuration. To utilise more than 4GB of memory requires a 64-bit operating system.

3 For hard drives, GB means 1 billion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less."

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