Dell teases like a girl with XPS 630 gaming desktop

Check that evil scowl will you. You're looking into the menacing red grill of Dell's newest gaming desktop the XPS 630. Dell's site modestly teases, "Here comes a new challenger." Challenger eh, not leader? Come on Dell, you're not going to generate any gaming hype with such tepidity. Drop in some NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics and say it loud, boy. Just not too loud, you don't want to step on the toes of your Alienware subsidiary.

Update: Mystery solved. Looks like Dell dropped the "i" from the XPS 630i which we had the chance to get up close to at CES. It's just an mid-level gaming rig. Nothing to see here folks, move along now.

[Thanks, Thomas C.]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 3:21AM]

Isn't "Here comes a new challenger" a gaming reference? From Street Fighter 2?

[MrHashbrown Posted Feb 5th 2008 3:38AM]

DARTH VADER CONFIRMED FOR STREET FIGHTER 4.

[Lord Farkward Posted Feb 5th 2008 3:46AM]

"DARTH VADER CONFIRMED FOR STREET FIGHTER 4."

more like megatron. luke's dad didn't have red led as his eyes :p

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 3:47AM]

You may be thinking of "A challenger appears." Which is definitely from something.

[mattiescramz Posted Feb 5th 2008 5:58AM]

pretty sure he's right about street fighter 2

[UnsungHero Posted Feb 5th 2008 8:58AM]

I believe that is from Soul Caliber

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 9:13AM]

I was thinking Mortal Kombat. I've never played Street Fighter, so I wouldn't know. /shame

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 11:38AM]

"Here comes a new challenger" = Tekken 5

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2008 7:56AM]

This looks very Knight Rider

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 3:41AM]

But... It can't overclock thanks to the stripped down BIOS from Dell. So no point in wasting money on it, it would be better to build a computer.

[WebOn Posted Feb 5th 2008 3:59AM]

hey guys no word on the latitude?

[Erik Posted Feb 5th 2008 5:08AM]

That's what I want to know.

Daddy's in the market for a laptop, not a desktop.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 6:03AM]

Will it have Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows XP Pro,home 64-bit?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 8:21AM]

I'd bet money that it'll have Vista. Seems that only their business computer models still have XP options.

[popol Posted Feb 5th 2008 4:50AM]

WTF with the sexist headlines ... jeezus x christie, are you guys like 13? Grow up goddam ....

[Streetfights Posted Feb 5th 2008 10:45PM]

I liked it

[popol Posted Feb 5th 2008 11:34PM]

You would ...

[ayle Posted Feb 5th 2008 5:14AM]

Am I the only one who read xbox 360 gaming laptop at first?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 5:27AM]

Not everybody is lisdexic

[flashpoint Posted Feb 5th 2008 8:20AM]

TO ANSWER EVERYONE'S OBVIOUS QUESTION...

"YES, IT CAN PLAY CRYSIS !"

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 9:15AM]

I think a more pertinent question would be...
"Can it play Doom?"

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2008 11:09AM]

nope...but i can play duke nuken :D

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 9:21AM]

Engadget: leave the subtle misogyny to blogs owned by Denton. Come to think of it, leave the snarkiness to them too. I come here to read about emerging technology, not to hate on people.

[Raziel66 Posted Feb 5th 2008 12:20PM]

You must be new here. Welcome.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 18th 2008 8:04AM]

Hey Guys...top news for you people. From a confidential source, I got to know that a Bollywood starrer action - packed game is coming in India this week on the lines of Lara Croft - Angelina Jolie. I will update you with the name of the games and the Female actor in the game in a couple of days to make your weekend more lively and entertaining. By the way, any guesses for the female actor you would like to see in this game???