It is purpose-engineered for professionals who run compute and graphics intensive workloads and require extreme performance with remote capability.

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Jim Clark, who started Silicon Graphics and Healtheon and cofounded Netscape, was an extreme example of this type.

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When you pack Intel's blazing new Core 2 Extreme processor and a pair of top-of-the-line nVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX graphics cards into a single gaming desktop, you can pretty much expect it to post impressive benchmark numbers.

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Lenovo also introduced an extreme performance gaming desktop PC, the Lenovo Erazer X700, designed for enthusiast-level gaming and graphics-hungry applications.

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The Intel HD Graphics 3000 GPU resides on the same die as the 32 NM CPU, making the C64x Extreme super fast for family and retro gaming, and is suitable for all but the most demanding 3D games.

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