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VoodooPC Introduces ENVY HW:201 Gaming Notebook PC.


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CALGARY, Alberta -- VoodooPC, the world's leading architect of highly personalized, high-performance PCs, today introduced the Voodoo ENVY HW:201 Notebook PC. Featuring two NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX GPUs running in NVIDIA SLI mode and powered by AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips.  Turion A version of the Athlon 64 CPU from AMD designed for thin, lightweight laptops. The Turion 64 CPUs dissipate as little as 25 watts compared to 65 for the Athlon. Introduced in 2005, Turion enhanced AMD's line of mobile CPUs, which included the Mobile Athlon 64 for full-sized laptops and [TM] 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology, the HW:201 also features the biggest notebook display on the market today - a 20.1" high-resolution screen - making it the perfect laptop for PC gamers who demand a more immersive portable PC gaming experience. The HW:201 is set to begin shipping to customers on January 8, 2007.

At the core of the ENVY HW:201, users can choose between two NVIDIA graphics cards: the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX with 512MB of RAM for high-performance PC gaming or the NVIDIA Quadro The NVIDIA Quadro is a series of AGP and PCI Express graphics cards created by the NVIDIA Corporation. The cards are designed to accelerate CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and DCC (digital content creation) and are usually found in workstations. [R] FX 2500M with 512MB of RAM for those looking for Looking for

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 a high-performance portable workstation. Users can additionally select a choice of a single graphics card or two in NVIDIA SLI mode for the ultimate in gaming performance and image quality. For the hardcore PC gamer, this means the BIG screen provides dual graphic cinema quality gaming with blistering fast response times that are sure to turn heads.

Driving the system is AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology, which delivers exceptional multi-tasking and multi-threaded performance. This high-performance CPU CPU
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 allows users to simultaneously run multiple applications at the same time - all with increased performance. Performing tasks such as burning CDs, reading email messages, editing digital photos and listening to music all at the same time with no slow downs means a richer overall experience for the user.

The ENVY HW:201, which measures 18.75" x 13.5" x 1.9", also supplies tremendous storage (up to 320GB using two hard drives), allowing users to save more of their favorite photos, music, games, and more, as well as headroom to install additional office and entertainment applications. Customers may also choose RAID 0 for the ultimate transfer rates and application load times.

"It's like we crammed a desktop into a notebook form factor," said Rahul Sood, chief technologist, VoodooPC, part of the Global Gaming business unit of HP (NYSE NYSE

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)(Nasdaq:HPQ). "It may be large, and the battery life is non-existent, but this is one insanely fast notebook."

"Voodoo is always at the peak of performance," said Rene Haas, general manager of Notebook GPUs at NVIDIA. "With two of the fastest NVIDIA GeForce notebook GPUs in NVIDIA SLI mode or a NVIDIA Quadro GPU GPU: see secret police.


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, this new graphics powerhouse is the ultimate mobile gaming and workstation machine."

Additional features include: Voodoo ENVY webcam; Voodoo ENVY Bluetooth and Wireless A/B/G networking; and a Voodoo ENVY HW:201 theater audio system for a truly immersive experience.

About VoodooPC

VoodooPC is the world's leading architect of highly personalized, one-of-a-kind, high-performance PCs. Recently acquired by HP, the company was founded on the belief that it could revolutionize the PC world with exotic designs and advanced engineering techniques typically unseen in the computer industry. VoodooPC continues to engineer well-balanced, work-of-art machines that inspire and enable individuals to reach great possibilities. For more information on VoodooPC or to customize a machine, visit www.voodoopc.com.

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