As our arrival at City 17's gates approaches, it is only natural that companies would offer products designed to make our ride through Half-Life 2 and its world as smooth as possible.
Alienware announced the availability of the Alienware Aurora City 17. This exclusive limited-edition gaming system was developed with advice from Half-Life 2 developers Valve in order to deliver the best possible experience for this holiday season's PC blockbuster. The Aurora City 17 specifications include the killer combination of an AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 processor and ATI RADEON X800XT graphics for jaw-dropping performance.
Five years in the making, hundreds of thousands of gamers are holding their breath for the game to be made available. The hotly anticipated sequel to the multi award-winning original promises breathtaking graphics courtesy of the new Source engine and also ups the ante with ground breaking physics, remarkable artificial intelligence and above all a compelling narrative. Experiencing the game at its best places demands on the subsystems of the most powerful systems, and Alienware took the unique step of consulting Valve on the optimum system specifications for the Alienware Aurora City 17.
Valve recommended that the Aurora City 17 should include the AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 processor, for the graphics we are all well aware of Valve's preference so there was no option other than the high performance ATI Radeon X800XT platform. Rounding out the specifications of the limited edition system, Valve insisted on a capacious 2GB of system RAM and dual 10,000RPM SATA Raptor hard drives ensure the fastest loading times.
While we designed Half-Life 2 to be playable on lower specification machines, for those that want the ultimate experience, the Alienware Aurora City 17 delivers, said Valve Marketing Director Doug Lombardi.
Full Aurora City 17 Specs
Graphics: ATI X800XT 256MB
OS: MS Windows XP Pro SP2
Memory: 2GB PC4200 SD RAM
HDD: Dual 74GB 'Raptor' SATA
Audio: Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS
Optical 1: 16x/48x DVD-ROM
Optical 2: 52x/42x/52x CD-RW
Network: 3Com Gigabit Ethernet
Keyboard: Logitech Internet Kbd
Mouse: MS Intellimouse 3.0
Warranty: 2-year AlienCare